In Worthy Efforts Catharina Lis and Hugo Soly offer an innovative approach to the history of perceptions and representations of work in Europe throughout Classical Antiquity and the medieval and early modern periods

Das vorliegende Lehrbuch führt griffig und präzise in die Wirtschaftsgeschichte Deutschlands der letzten 1500 Jahre ein. Jeder der drei zeitlichen Abschnitte (500-1350, 1350-1800, 19. und 20. Jh.) behandelt die wesentlichen Faktoren (Soziales, Bildung und Kultur, Bevölkerung und Umwelt,...

When discussing wages, historians have traditionally concentrated on the level of wages, much less on how people were paid for their work. Important aspects were thus ignored such as how frequently were wages actually paid, how much of the wage was paid in non-monetary form - whether as...

In the last decades, women’s role in the workforce has dramatically changed, though gender inequality persists and for women, gender identity still prevails over work identity. It is important not to forget or diminish the historical role of women in the labour market though and this book...