Jacqueline Rutte

The project Plants, People and Work: The Social History of Cash Crops in Asia, 18th to 20th Centuries started in 2007with a  500,000 euro grant from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (N.W.O.). It fits  in the central 'Global Labour History' research program of the IISH.

The silver trade powered global connections for more than three centuries, and from 1450 to 1800, 85% of the world’s silver originated from the Americas.

This publication explains why it is important to include the history of labor and labor relations in Africa in Global Labor History.

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British social history writing spans about seven centuries, from the medieval farmers' protests and enclosure movement to the 1984 miners' strike and the peace movement today. 

Since it was begun in 1987, the Turkish Desk has developed into one of the most important research centers worldwide on the history of modern Turkey.

Traditionally, acquisitions related to the Netherlands have included socialism and the labor movement in the 19th and 20th centuries. Since the 1970s, the social movement has expanded to include environmental issues, human rights, squatters, and similar subjects. The legacy of these new social movements can be found at the IISH as well.

The Law of Historical Memory of Spain (Ley de la Memoria Histórica de España) (October 2007) has greatly enhanced research on the Spanish Civil War. 

In the Russian and Eastern Europe collections at the IISH, Russia and the former USSR are dominant. Additional collection development efforts cover most countries in Eastern Europe that became communist after 1945.

The IISH collections on Germany and German speaking countries in Central Europe cover the period beginning with the democratic revolutionary movements and early workers' organizations around 1840 to the protest movements in the FRG during the '60s and '70s, and the civic movement in the GDR during the '80s.

The French collection is among the larger national collections at the IISH. Materials date back to the emergence of the revolutionary ideology in the second half of the eighteenth century. 

In 2008 the IISH acquired an extensive collection of archival materials relating to the anti-apartheid and Southern Africa solidarity groups in The Netherlands.

On the Waterfront is the semi-annual magazine of the IISH. This is issue 6

On the Waterfront is the semi-annual magazine of the IISH. This is issue 10

On the Waterfront is the semi-annual magazine of the IISH. This is issue 22

On the Waterfront is the semi-annual magazine of the IISH. This is issue 24

On the Waterfront is the semi-annual magazine of the IISH. This is issue 30

Op 29 June 2017 vond een vriendendag plaats bij het IISG. Onderwerp van de middag was het project 'Papieren van de Russische Revolutie'. Dit is het verslag van die bijeenkomst.

Workers of the World: Essays toward a Global Labor History
Author: Marcel van der Linden
Plaats van uitgave: Leiden
Publisher: Brill (externe link)
Year: 2008
ISBN: 978-90-04-166837

The Handbook Global History of Work provides an overview of research findings of the daily routines of workers in different parts of the world and how they have changed over time. It also seeks to be the basis of further research.