For the first time, this book provides the global history of labor in Central Eurasia, Russia, Europe, and the Indian Ocean between the 16th and 20th centuries. It contests common views on free and unfree labor, comparing the latter to many Western countries where wage conditions resembled those...

"In the 1970s, the economic and social foundations of Western Europe underwent an unprecedented transformation. Old industries like coal and steel disappeared, millions of people lost their jobs and formerly flourishing towns and cities went into decline. Traditional political agendas gave way...

I den här boken anlägger etnologen Daniel Bodén ett socialhistoriskt perspektiv på samtidens diskussioner om övervakning i arbetslivet. Han undersöker de tek­niker som använts för att i allt högre grad kontrollera arbetet och vilka konsekvenser utvecklingen har fått.[Bokinfo]