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Title The liberation of the serfs : the economics of unfree labor / Jürgen Georg Backhaus, editor
Published New York : Springer New York, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 75 pages)
Series The European heritage in economics and the social sciences ; 14
European heritage in economics and the social sciences ; v. 14.
Contents Introduction / Jürgen G. Backhaus -- Sold Soldiers / Jürgen G. Backhaus -- The Brandenburg Triangle / Gerhard Scheuerer -- Some Short Thoughts on The Economics of Slavery / Thomas Straubhaar -- Emancipation of the peasantry in Lower Austria / Günther Chaloupek -- Liberation of the Serfs : The End of Forced Labour? / Hans A. Frambach -- More Than Just a Production Factor : The View of Labour in the Works of the Norwegian Economist Torkel Aschehoug (1822-1909) / Mathilde Fasting and Sylvi Endresen -- Forced Labor under the Gulag Regime (1918-1990) / Nicholas W. Balabkins
Summary Annotation The basic hypothesis of this book is that slave labor can never be efficient and will therefore disappear by itself. However, this process of disappearance can take many years
Analysis Economics
Economics/Management Science
Economics/Management Science, general
economie
bedrijfswetenschap
management science
Management studies, Business Administration, Organizational Science (General)
Economics (General)
Management, bedrijfskunde, organisatiekunde (algemeen)
Economie (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Forced labor -- Europe -- History
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Science économique.
Affaires.
Forced labor
Europe
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Backhaus, Jürgen G., 1950-
ISBN 9781461400851
1461400856