Prisms of Work : Labour, Recruitment and Command in German East Africa /

The phenomenon of labour takes the character of a prism. Labour is thereby always context dependent and constituted through the actions of all protagonists involved in any labour relationship. On the basis of three case studies in colonial German East Africa - the construction of the Central Railway...

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Autor principal: Rösser, Michael (Autor)
Formato: Tesis Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Mnchen ; Wien : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2023]
Colección:Work in Global and Historical Perspective , 21
Temas:
Arbeit.
Globalgeschichte.
Infrastruktur.
Kolonialismus.
Ostafrika.
HISTORY / Social History.
Colonialism.
East Africa.
Global history.
Infrastructure.
labour.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • 1 Towards a Global History of Labour
  • 2 Global Labour History in the Indian Ocean
  • 3 The Central Railway
  • 4 "The Machine" Defeats an Engine: The Otto Plantation in Kilossa
  • 5 Bones of Contention? The Tendaguru Expedition
  • 6 Conclusion and Outlook
  • List of Works Cited
  • Index

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