Arnaud, Colin
Subdued Wage Workers: Textile Production in Western and Islamic sources (Ninth to Twelfth centuries) Book Chapter
In: Batista, Anamarija; Müller, Viola; Peres, Corinna (Ed.): Coercion and Wage Labour. Exploring Work Relations through History and Art, 2024.
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Hasan, Mohammad Tareq
The Dilemma of Being a ‘Good Worker’: Cultural Discourse, Coercion and Resistance in Bangladesh’s Garment Factories Book Chapter
In: Batista, Anamarija; Müller, Viola; Peres, Corinna (Ed.): Coercion and Wage Labour. Exploring Work Relations through History and Art, 2024.
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Arnaurd, Colin
Trapped Maidens and Mocked Weavers. Semantics of Ambiguity Between Remunerated and Coerced Labour in Twelfth-Century Textile Production Journal Article
In: Austrian Journal of Historical Studies, vol. 34, iss. 2, pp. 80-105, 2023.
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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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Caracausi, Andrea
Woollen Manufacturing in the Early Modern Mediterranean (1550–1630): Changing Labour Relations in a Commodity Chain Book Chapter
In: Vito, Christian De; Geritsen, Anne (Ed.): Micro-Spatial Histories of Global Labour, pp. 147-169, 2018.
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Kuldova, Tereza
The “Ethical Sell” in the Indian Luxury Fashion Business Book Chapter
In: Pouillard, Véronique; Blaszczyk, Regina Lee (Ed.): European fashion: The creation of a global industry, pp. 263-282, 2018.
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Kuldova, Tereza
Luxury Indian Fashion: A Social Critique Book
2016.
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Kuldova, Tereza
Fatalist Luxuries: Of Inequality, Wasting and Anti-Work Ethic in India Journal Article
In: Cultural Politics, vol. 12, iss. 1, pp. 110-129, 2016.
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Weber, Klaus; Steffen, Anka
Spinning and Weaving for the Slave Trade: Proto-industry in Eighteenth-Century Silesia Book Chapter
In: Brahm, Felix; Rosenhaft, Eve (Ed.): Slavery Hinterland: Transatlantic Slavery and Continental Europe, 1680-1850, pp. 87-107, 2016.
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Weber, Klaus
Linen, Silver, Slaves, and Coffee: A Spatial Approach to Central Europe’s Entanglements with the Atlantic Economy Journal Article
In: Culture & History Digital Journal, vol. 4, iss. 2, 2015.
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2024
Arnaud, Colin
Subdued Wage Workers: Textile Production in Western and Islamic sources (Ninth to Twelfth centuries) Book Chapter
In: Batista, Anamarija; Müller, Viola; Peres, Corinna (Ed.): Coercion and Wage Labour. Exploring Work Relations through History and Art, 2024.
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Hasan, Mohammad Tareq
The Dilemma of Being a ‘Good Worker’: Cultural Discourse, Coercion and Resistance in Bangladesh’s Garment Factories Book Chapter
In: Batista, Anamarija; Müller, Viola; Peres, Corinna (Ed.): Coercion and Wage Labour. Exploring Work Relations through History and Art, 2024.
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2023
Arnaurd, Colin
Trapped Maidens and Mocked Weavers. Semantics of Ambiguity Between Remunerated and Coerced Labour in Twelfth-Century Textile Production Journal Article
In: Austrian Journal of Historical Studies, vol. 34, iss. 2, pp. 80-105, 2023.
Abstract | Tags: historical semantics, medieval history, textile industry, western europe
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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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2018
Caracausi, Andrea
Woollen Manufacturing in the Early Modern Mediterranean (1550–1630): Changing Labour Relations in a Commodity Chain Book Chapter
In: Vito, Christian De; Geritsen, Anne (Ed.): Micro-Spatial Histories of Global Labour, pp. 147-169, 2018.
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Kuldova, Tereza
The “Ethical Sell” in the Indian Luxury Fashion Business Book Chapter
In: Pouillard, Véronique; Blaszczyk, Regina Lee (Ed.): European fashion: The creation of a global industry, pp. 263-282, 2018.
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2016
Kuldova, Tereza
Luxury Indian Fashion: A Social Critique Book
2016.
Abstract | Tags: contemporary, ethnography, india, textile industry
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Kuldova, Tereza
Fatalist Luxuries: Of Inequality, Wasting and Anti-Work Ethic in India Journal Article
In: Cultural Politics, vol. 12, iss. 1, pp. 110-129, 2016.
Abstract | Tags: contemporary, ethnography, india, qualitative research, textile industry, work ethics
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Weber, Klaus; Steffen, Anka
Spinning and Weaving for the Slave Trade: Proto-industry in Eighteenth-Century Silesia Book Chapter
In: Brahm, Felix; Rosenhaft, Eve (Ed.): Slavery Hinterland: Transatlantic Slavery and Continental Europe, 1680-1850, pp. 87-107, 2016.
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2015
Weber, Klaus
Linen, Silver, Slaves, and Coffee: A Spatial Approach to Central Europe’s Entanglements with the Atlantic Economy Journal Article
In: Culture & History Digital Journal, vol. 4, iss. 2, 2015.
Abstract | Tags: atlanic, central and eastern europe, commodity chains, slavery, spatial history, textile industry
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