The use of child workers was widespread in textile manufacturing by the late eighteenth century. A particularly vital supply of child workers was via the parish apprenticeship trade, whereby pauper children could move from the 'care' of poor law officialdom to the 'care' of early industrial...

One of Australia's most important activists for women's rights, Kath Williams was a trade unionist and a communist before taking on the mantle of feminist after World War II. With a trade unionist ex-husband who was elected to Federal Politics opposing her left wing campaigns, Kath emerged as a...

Cover -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Series Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Looking to the Past to Understand the Present -- 2. Let's Talk about Social Power -- 3. Harnessing Power in Late Nineteenth-Century-Early-Twentieth-Century 'Gig Economy' -- 4. Understanding and Using Levers of Power...

Prelims -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1 The Evolution of Insolvency law in France -- 2 The Reforms of the Enterprise Act 2002 and the Floating Charge as a Security Device -- 3 The Effect of the Enterprise Act 2002: Empirical Research into Corporate Insolvency -- 4 Comment and Summary...

Prelims -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- 1 Inequality and Access to Financial Services -- 2 The Political Economy of Consumer Credit Securitization: Comparing Predatory Lending in Home Finance in the US, UK, Germany and Japan -- 3 Consumer Overindebtedness in Brazil and the...

This book, written by Britain's leading railway historian, provides an authoritative account of the progress made by British Rail prior to privatisation and a unique insight into its difficult role in the government's privatisation planning from 1989. Based on privileged access to the British...

Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- TABLES -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 HYPERINFLATION AND STABILIZATION -- 2 POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC BACKGROUND -- 3 STABILIZATION POLICY CHOICES IN POST-LIBERATION GREECE -- 4 THE "VARVARESSOS EXPERIMENT -- 5 THE LONDON AGREEMENT OF...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction: Casting Empire -- I. Very Particularly Situated -- 2. Capitalists in the Neighborhood -- 3. Just a Minute -- 4. Where Are These Records? -- 5. The "Saints" Come Marching In -- 6. Projecting Identities -- 7. Casting Labor in the Imperial...

This is a major comparative study of big business in the three leading European nations across the course of the 20th Century. Drawing on a carefully constructed sample of leading companies from the UK, France, and Germany, the author analyses the relationship between corporate and national...