Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xx, 761 pages)
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illustrations (some color)
ISBN:
9781787445550
Content:
Co-published with the International Labour Organization on the centenary of its founding in 1919, the General Labour History of Africa is a landmark in the study of labour history. It brings, for the first time, an African perspective within a global context to the study of labour and labour relations. The volume analyses key developments in the 20th century, such as the emergence of free wage labour; the transformation in labour relations; the role of capital and employers; labour agency and movements; the growing diversity of formal and informal or precarious labour; the meaning of work; and the impact of gender and age on the workplace. The contributors - eminent historians, anthropologists and social scientists from Africa, Europe and the United States - examine African labour in the context of labour and social issues worldwide: mobility and colonial and postcolonial migration, forced labour, security, the growth of entrepreneurial labour, the informal sector and self-employment, and the impact of trade unionism, welfare and state relations. The book discusses key sectors such as mining, agriculture, industry, transport, domestic work, and sport, tourism and entertainment, as well as the international dimension and the history and impact of the International Labour Organization itself. This authoritative and comprehensive work will be an invaluable resource for historians of labour, social relations and African history
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Foreword by Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, ILO Assistant Director General and Regional Director for AfricaIntroduction: The "Labour Question" in Africanist Historiography -- Stefano Bellucci and Andreas EckertPart I: Free and Unfree LabourWage labour -- Andreas EckertPrecarious and Informal Labour -- Franco BarchiesiForced Labour -- Babacar Fall and Richard L. RobertsPart II: Key SectorsAgriculture -- Julia TischlerMining -- Carolyn A. BrownIndustry and Manufacturing -- Patrick NevelingTransport -- Stefano BellucciPart III: International Dimensions and MobilityThe International Labour Organization -- Luca Puddu and Daniel Roger Maul and Hakeem Ibikunle TijaniLabour Migration -- Helena Pérez-NiñoPart IV Varieties of WorkDomestic Work -- Deborah Fahy BrycesonMilitary and Pollice -- Michelle R. Moyd and Joël GlasmanCrime and Illegal Work -- Laurent FourchardWhite-Collar Workers -- Dmitri van den BersselaarEntertainment, Sport and Tourism -- Andreas AdmasiePart V: Entrepreneurs and Self-EmploymentCapitalists and Labour in Africa -- Gareth AustinEntrepreneurial Labour -- Sara S. BerryProfessionals and Executives -- Rory PilossofPart VI: The State, Unions and WelfareLabour and the State -- Akua O. Britwum and Leyla DakhliTrade Unions -- Bill FreundSocial Welfare -- Ben Scully and Rana JawadMutualism and Cooperative Work -- Samuel A. NyanchogaPart VII: ConclusionsThe Labour Question in Africa and the World -- Frederick Cooper
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe General labour history of Africa Woodbridge, Suffolk : James Currey, an imprint of Boydell & Brewer, 2019 ISBN 9781847012180
Language:
English
Author information:
Eckert, Andreas 1964-
