A cultural history of work in the early modern age / edited by Bert De Munck and Thomas Max Safley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Munck, Bert de, 1967- editor.

Safley, Thomas Max, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Work--History--16th century.

Work.

Work--Economic aspects.

Economic development--History--16th century.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 pages) : illustrations, portraits

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.

Summary:

"In the early modern age technological innovations were unimportant relative to political and social transformations. The size of the workforce and the number of wage dependent people increased, due in large part to population growth, but also as a result of changes in the organization of work. The diversity of workplaces in many significant economic sectors was on the rise in the 16th-century: family farming, urban crafts and trades, and large enterprises in mining, printing and shipbuilding. Moreover, the increasing influence of global commerce, as accompanied by local and regional specialization, prompted an increased reliance on forms of under-compensated and non-compensated work which were integral to economic growth. Economic volatility swelled the ranks of the mobile poor, who moved along Europe's roads seeking sustenance, and the endemic warfare of the period prompted young men to sign on as soldiers and sailors. Colonists migrated to Europe's territories in the Americas, Africa, and Asia, while others were forced overseas as servants, convicts or slaves. The early modern age proved to be a "renaissance" in the political, social and cultural contexts of work which set the stage for the technological developments to come."

Contents:

1. The economy of work

2. Picturing work

3. Work and workplaces

4. Workplace cultures

5. Work, skill, and technology

6. Work and mobility

7. Work and society

8. The Political culture of work

9. Work and leisure.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2018 dcunns

ISBN:

9781350078260 (online)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.