Life Course, Work, and Labour in Global History.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ehmer, Josef, 1948-2023.

Contributor:

Lentz, Carola.

Series:

Work in Global and Historical Perspective Series

Work in Global and Historical Perspective Series ; v.18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Work.

Life cycle, Human.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (424 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin/München/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2023.

Summary:

This volume, part of the 'Work in Global and Historical Perspective' series, examines the intersection of work, labour, and life courses across global and historical contexts. Edited by Josef Ehmer and Carola Lentz, it brings together a diverse range of studies that explore how work influences individual life trajectories and societal changes. The book investigates various forms of work, including commodified and non-commodified, and examines the impact of political, geographic, and disciplinary boundaries on labour practices. It aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of work's role throughout history and across different cultures, appealing to scholars and researchers in labour history, sociology, and global studies. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Remembering Josef (Sepp) Ehmer (1948–2023)

Table of Contents

Figures and Tables

Foreword

Work and the Life Course in a Global and Multidisciplinary Perspective: An Introduction

The Puzzle of Flexibilization: Stability and Changes in Working Lives in (West) Germany, 1920s to 2015. Evidence from Quantitative Life-Course Research

Life Courses, Career Paths, and the Search for Employment in Times of Change: Industrial Workers in Germany, France and Britain, 1970 to 2000

Tumbling Down the Standard Life Course: The Ice Age Generation of the Turn of the Twentieth Century and the Origins of Polarisation in Japan

When They Told Their Stories: Industrial Workers’ Life Courses in the People’s Republic of China

The Life Courses and Careers of Public Employees in Interwar Austria

Textile Work, Gender, and the Female Life Course in Europe and China since the Beginning of the “Great Divergence,” Eighteenth to Early Twentieth Centuries

Older Female Workers in the Global Apparel Industry in Bangladesh

The Changing Politics of Women’s Work and the Making of Extended Childcare Leave in State-Socialist Hungary, Europe, and Internationally: Shifting the Scene

Family, Work, and Social Mobility: Perspectives from Ghana

The Linking of Vital Conjunctures: Negotiations over Girls’ Futures

Mobile People Versus Static Institutions: National School Policies in the EU and the Life Course of Transnational Grandparents

Contingent Return: Moral Assessments of the Life Course in Transnational Cape Verde

Life and Labour on the Road: Mail Runners and Palanquin Bearers in Nineteenth-Century India

Wage Labour as a Life Phase: Life-Cycle Service and Petty Commodity Production in Early Modern Europe

Notes on Contributors

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ISBN:

9783111147529

3111147525

OCLC:

1409679234