The Story of Work: A New History of Humankind

Jan Lucassen

Published by Yale University Press 2021

The Story of Work

A New History of Humankind

Jan Lucassen

https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300262995

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The first truly global history of work, an upbeat assessment from the age of the hunter-gatherer to the present day

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Lucassen Jan :

Jan Lucassen is an honorary fellow at the the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam where he founded the IISH Research Department. He is the author of numerous books including Globalising Migration History: The Eurasian Experience and Global Labour History.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of illustrations, maps and figures Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
A note on histories, methods and theories of work Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 Humans at work, 700,000–12,000 years ago Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
2 Farming and division of labour, 10000–5000 BCE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
3 Emerging labour relations, 5000–500 BCE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
4 Working for the market, 500 BCE–1500 BCE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
5 Globalization of labour relations, 1500–1800 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
6 Converging labour relations, 1800 to now Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	292
7 The changing significance of work, 1800 to now Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	362
Outlook Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	423
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	438
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	469
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	507

Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Pages
- Main content: 544

eBook

Published: September 8, 2021
ISBN: 9780300262995