"Labor is not a commodity!" : the movement to shorten the workday in late nineteenth-century Berlin and New York / Philipp Reick.

Author
Reick, Philipp [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Frankfurt : Campus Verlag, [2016]
  • ©2016
Description
237 pages ; 22 cm.

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    "The past decades witnessed a powerful return of struggles against what economic historian Karl Polanyi termed the commodification of social life. This book explores how organized workers in two metropolises of the late nineteenth century responded to the commodification of labor. In doing so, it reveals a striking continuity in collective opposition against the unfettered power of free markets. Drawing on contemporary feminist revisions of Polanyian thought, this book illustrates the ambiguous potential of movements for social protection"--Back cover.
    Notes
    Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)-- Freie Universität Berlin.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
    Contents
    • Theory and methods
    • Market: the commodification of work and the birth of organized labor
    • Polity: shorter hours and the struggle for equality
    • Society: shorter hours and the struggle for human rights
    • Economy: shorter hours and the struggle for redistribution
    • Gender: shorter hours and the protection of female labor
    • The past and present of commodification.
    Other title(s)
    Movement to shorten the workday in late nineteenth-century Berlin and New York
    ISBN
    • 9783593506272 ((paperback))
    • 3593506270 ((paperback))
    OCLC
    968686869
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