Caracausi, Andrea
Fashion, Capitalism and Ribbon-Making in Early Modern Europe Book Chapter
In: Safley, Thomas Max (Ed.): Labor Before the Industrial Revolution: Work, Technology and Their Ecologies in an Age of Early Capitalism, pp. 48-69, 2019.
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Fudge, Judy
(Re)Conceptualizing Unfree Labour: Local Labour Control Regimes and Constraints on Workers‘ Freedoms‘ Journal Article
In: Global Labour Journal , vol. 10, iss. 2, pp. 108-122, 2019.
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Rediker, Marcus; Chakraborty, Titas; van Rossum, Matthias (Ed.)
A Global History of Runaways: Workers, Mobility, and Capitalism 1600-1850 Collection
2019.
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Fudge, Judy
Modern Slavery, Unfree Labour and the Labour Market: The Social Dynamics of Legal Characterization Journal Article
In: Social and Legal Studies, vol. 27, iss. 4, pp. 413-434, 2018.
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Piqueras, José Antonio
Historical Slavery and Capitalism in Cuban Historiography Book Chapter
In: Tomich, Dale (Ed.): Slavery and Historical Capitalism during the Nineteenth Century, pp. 67-122, 2017.
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Mendiola, Fernando
The role of unfree labour in capitalist development: Spain and its empire, 19th-21st centuries Journal Article
In: International Review of Social History , vol. 61, pp. 187-211, 2016.
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Bartha, Eszter
Alienating Labour: Workers on the Road from Socialism to Capitalism in East Germany and Hungary. Book
2013.
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2019
Caracausi, Andrea
Fashion, Capitalism and Ribbon-Making in Early Modern Europe Book Chapter
In: Safley, Thomas Max (Ed.): Labor Before the Industrial Revolution: Work, Technology and Their Ecologies in an Age of Early Capitalism, pp. 48-69, 2019.
Abstract | Tags: capitalism, early modern history, europe, textile industry
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Fudge, Judy
(Re)Conceptualizing Unfree Labour: Local Labour Control Regimes and Constraints on Workers‘ Freedoms‘ Journal Article
In: Global Labour Journal , vol. 10, iss. 2, pp. 108-122, 2019.
Abstract | Tags: capitalism, contemporary, dependency, forced labour, labour markets, new history of work, slavery
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Rediker, Marcus; Chakraborty, Titas; van Rossum, Matthias (Ed.)
A Global History of Runaways: Workers, Mobility, and Capitalism 1600-1850 Collection
2019.
Abstract | Tags: 19th century, capitalism, early modern history, global labour history, migration and mobility, runaways
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2018
Fudge, Judy
Modern Slavery, Unfree Labour and the Labour Market: The Social Dynamics of Legal Characterization Journal Article
In: Social and Legal Studies, vol. 27, iss. 4, pp. 413-434, 2018.
Abstract | Tags: capitalism, contemporary, labour markets, marxism, slavery, united kingdom
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2017
Piqueras, José Antonio
Historical Slavery and Capitalism in Cuban Historiography Book Chapter
In: Tomich, Dale (Ed.): Slavery and Historical Capitalism during the Nineteenth Century, pp. 67-122, 2017.
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2016
Mendiola, Fernando
The role of unfree labour in capitalist development: Spain and its empire, 19th-21st centuries Journal Article
In: International Review of Social History , vol. 61, pp. 187-211, 2016.
Abstract | Tags: 19th century, 20th century, capitalism, contemporary, forced labour, spain
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2013
Bartha, Eszter
Alienating Labour: Workers on the Road from Socialism to Capitalism in East Germany and Hungary. Book
2013.
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