Conquerors, Employers and Arbiters: States and Shifts in Labour

Conquerors, Employers and ArbitersStates and Shifts in Labour Relations, 15002000\nAuthor(s): Karin Hofmeester, Gijs Kessler, Christine Moll-Murata\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781316642528, 978-1316642528\nSynopsis\nStarting from a broad definition of labour relations as the full range of vertical and horizontal social relations under which work is performed, both within and outside the household, this volume examines the way states have shaped and interacted with labour relations in a wide range of periods and places, from the sixteenth-century silver mines of Potos in the Andes to late twentieth-century Sweden, and from seventeenth-century Dzungharia to early twentieth-century colonial Mozambique. The articles presented look at very different types of states, from local and regional power holders to nation states and empires, and explore the activities of these states and their impact on l.