Description: Exploring links between labourers across the world, the book argues that globalisation and modern labour management originated in agriculture in the Global South. It highlights inequalities through which workers in wealthy countries benefit from exploitation of those in poor countries, and problematises workers' resistance and aquiescence.
Brief description: Marcel van der Linden is senior research fellow at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, where he served for fourteen years as research director.
Review Quotes:
'The book is wholeheartedly recommended. It joins the publications of many others at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam and elsewhere, who like to see things from 'below' and in truly global and historically informed perspectives. It also offers meaningful methodological guidance and insights on how to accomplish cutting-edge labour relations research from the perspective of the Global South and informed by history. What this book does well is that it poses many questions and areas for further research, and provides concepts, inspirations, guidelines and, of course, a historically informed context for a researcher to explore further.'
BJIR: An International Journal of Employment Relations