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Hofmeester, K. & P. de Zwart, Colonialism, institutional change and shifts in global labour relations (Amsterdam 2018, AUP).
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Anti-Apartheid and Southern Africa Collection Guide
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The IISH research group consists of around 10 senior researchers, added by a varying number of postdoc researchers and PhD students. In addition, the IISH receives Fellows, Honorary Fellows and Guest Researchers. All in all, the research group consists of 30-40 researchers.
Global Labour History
Global Labour History is not a theory but a field of attention. It concerns the history of all those people who through their work have built our modern world - not only wage labourers, but also chattel slaves, sharecroppers, housewives, the self-employed, and many other groups.
On the Waterfront 18
On the Waterfront is the semi-annual magazine of the IISH. This is issue 18
On the Waterfront 30
On the Waterfront is the semi-annual magazine of the IISH. This is issue 30
On the Waterfront 31
On the Waterfront is the semi-annual magazine of the IISH. This is issue 31 (2016)
Friends Meeting: De papieren van de Russische Revolutie
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Boards
Academic Advisory Board of the IISH
Workers of the World
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
Handbook Global History of Work
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.
