| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 761 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Foreword by Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, ILO Assistant Director General and Regional Director for Africa<br>Introduction: The "Labour Question" in Africanist Historiography -- Stefano Bellucci and Andreas Eckert<br>Part I: Free and Unfree Labour<br>Wage labour -- Andreas Eckert<br>Precarious and Informal Labour -- Franco Barchiesi<br>Forced Labour -- Babacar Fall and Richard L. Roberts<br>Part II: Key Sectors<br>Agriculture -- Julia Tischler<br>Mining -- Carolyn A. Brown<br>Industry and Manufacturing -- Patrick Neveling<br>Transport -- Stefano Bellucci<br>Part III: International Dimensions and Mobility<br>The International Labour Organization -- Luca Puddu and Daniel Roger Maul and Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani<br>Labour Migration -- Helena Pérez-Niño<br>Part IV Varieties of Work<br>Domestic Work -- Deborah Fahy Bryceson<br>Military and Pollice -- Michelle R. Moyd and Joël Glasman<br>Crime and Illegal Work -- Laurent Fourchard<br>White-Collar Workers -- Dmitri van den Bersselaar<br>Entertainment, Sport and Tourism -- Andreas Admasie<br>Part V: Entrepreneurs and Self-Employment<br>Capitalists and Labour in Africa -- Gareth Austin<br>Entrepreneurial Labour -- Sara S. Berry<br>Professionals and Executives -- Rory Pilossof<br>Part VI: The State, Unions and Welfare<br>Labour and the State -- Akua O. Britwum and Leyla Dakhli<br>Trade Unions -- Bill Freund<br>Social Welfare -- Ben Scully and Rana Jawad<br>Mutualism and Cooperative Work -- Samuel A. Nyanchoga<br>Part VII: Conclusions<br>The Labour Question in Africa and the World -- Frederick Cooper |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Labor -- Africa -- History
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Work -- Social aspects -- Africa -- History
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Forced labor -- Africa -- History
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Africans -- Employment -- History
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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Forced labor
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Labor
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Work -- Social aspects
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Africa
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bellucci, Stefano, editor
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Eckert, Andreas, 1964- editor
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| ISBN |
9781787445550 |
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1787445550 |
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