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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-233) and indexes

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

"Labor is not a commodity!"

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

968686869

Responsibility statement

Philipp Reick

Series statement

North American studies, volume 37

Sub title

the movement to shorten the workday in late nineteenth-century Berlin and New York

Summary

"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"--, Provided by Publisher

Table Of 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

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Movement to shorten the workday in late nineteenth-century Berlin and New York

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