This is a collection of soundings into various aspects of the history of maritime labor from the close of the Middle … broader issues such as labor markets, the regulation and institutions of seafaring, and industrial relations on the waterfront …. But at all points there is a common theme of sea-related labor, and a common objective of better understanding what have …

Amarjit Kaur examines wage labour's role in economic growth and change in Southeast Asia since 1840. Her study focuses …-ranging study which will be of great interest to historians, economists and Asia specialists …

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the range of themes which make up the field of Historical Sociology … areas of social life. These include not only temporalized sociology, evolutionary theory, civilizational analysis, societal … related to social and historical development. The key question is who or what is responsible for the process of human history …