Industrialisation and industrial history

As Secretary General of the ICF and previously Assistant General Secretary of the IMF, Charles Levinson played an important part in developing the countervailing labour response to the multinational corporations.

As Secretary General of the ICF and previously Assistant General Secretary of the IMF, Charles Levinson played an important part in developing the countervailing labour response to the multinational corporations.

A World History of Rubber helps readers understand and gain new insights into the social and cultural contexts of global production and consumption, from the nineteenth century to today, through the fascinating story of one commodity.

A World History of Rubber helps readers understand and gain new insights into the social and cultural contexts of global production and consumption, from the nineteenth century to today, through the fascinating story of one commodity.

The oil industry in the United States has been the subject of innumerable histories.

The oil industry in the United States has been the subject of innumerable histories.

Germán Vergara explains how, when, and why fossil fuels (oil, coal, and natural gas) became the basis of Mexican society.

Germán Vergara explains how, when, and why fossil fuels (oil, coal, and natural gas) became the basis of Mexican society.

Connects British and American literature to a changing media landscape in an era of innovation.

Breman takes dispossession as his central theme in this ambitious analysis of labour bondage in India''s changing political economy.

Breman takes dispossession as his central theme in this ambitious analysis of labour bondage in India''s changing political economy.

Connects British and American literature to a changing media landscape in an era of innovation.

This business history elucidates the international history of the interwar period by putting the armaments sector front and center.

This book challenges the widespread view that Islam is a reactionary religion defending tradition against modernity and individual freedom.

This book challenges the widespread view that Islam is a reactionary religion defending tradition against modernity and individual freedom.

This book examines how ordinary factory workers became unionists and national political participants by the mid-1930s.

This book examines how ordinary factory workers became unionists and national political participants by the mid-1930s.

A major new global economic history that explains why the Industrial Revolution occurred in Britain.

A major new global economic history that explains why the Industrial Revolution occurred in Britain.

Ulbe Bosma details how the British and Dutch introduced the sugar plantation model in Asia and refashioned it over time.

Ulbe Bosma details how the British and Dutch introduced the sugar plantation model in Asia and refashioned it over time.

A fascinating account of how cotton industrialised Europe and transformed the early modern global economy.

A fascinating account of how cotton industrialised Europe and transformed the early modern global economy.

This book traces the history of bird guano, demonstrating how this unique commodity helped unite the Pacific Basin with the industrialized world.

This book traces the history of bird guano, demonstrating how this unique commodity helped unite the Pacific Basin with the industrialized world.

Chronicles the rise of Western Union Telegraph from the early years of telecommunications to its apogee as the first nationwide corporate monopoly in American history.

This book examines the people using and passing by the Suez Canal to reassess the history of globalisation before 1914.

This book examines the people using and passing by the Suez Canal to reassess the history of globalisation before 1914.

Focusing on mid-century Milwaukee, Eric Fure-Slocum charts the remaking of political culture in the industrial city of the 1940s.

Focusing on mid-century Milwaukee, Eric Fure-Slocum charts the remaking of political culture in the industrial city of the 1940s.

Chronicles the rise of Western Union Telegraph from the early years of telecommunications to its apogee as the first nationwide corporate monopoly in American history.

This volume presents a series of studies by Jacqueline Caille, acknowledged as the leading expert on medieval Narbonne, which chart the development and history of the city from its Roman origins to its decline in the late Middle Ages.

Explores how foreign banks financially connected modern China to international capital markets and the global economy.

Explores how foreign banks financially connected modern China to international capital markets and the global economy.

Originally published in 1952, The Government of British Trade Unions analyses the government, in theory and in practice, of one of Britain's most important labour organizations - The Transport and General Works Union in the first half of the 20th Century.

Originally published in 1952, The Government of British Trade Unions analyses the government, in theory and in practice, of one of Britain's most important labour organizations - The Transport and General Works Union in the first half of the 20th Century.

Originally published in 1991, this book opens with a theoretical and historical section and analyses the affairs of both the communist party and the trade unions of specific European countries.

Originally published in 1991, this book opens with a theoretical and historical section and analyses the affairs of both the communist party and the trade unions of specific European countries.

This book examines urban experience from the vantage point of the global South.

This book examines urban experience from the vantage point of the global South.

Originally published in 1986, the 1970s and 80s saw the emergence of the 'the new working class' or 'new middle class'.

Originally published in 1986, the 1970s and 80s saw the emergence of the 'the new working class' or 'new middle class'.

Management and labor have been adversaries in American and Canadian workplaces since the time of colonial settlement.

Management and labor have been adversaries in American and Canadian workplaces since the time of colonial settlement.

Originally published in 1994, this volume analyses the relationship between political parties and trade unions in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria.

Originally published in 1994, this volume analyses the relationship between political parties and trade unions in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria.

Taking the form of two companion volumes, Police Courts in Nineteenth-Century Scotland represents the first major investigation into the administration, experience, impact and representation of summary justice in Scottish towns, c.

Originally published in 1955, this book describes in a clear and concise way the nature of a Trade Union in England from the legal point of view, the particular aspects of the Law which make it possible for Trade Unions to carry on their activities and the restraints which the Law place on them for the protection of their members and the community.

Originally published in 1955, this book describes in a clear and concise way the nature of a Trade Union in England from the legal point of view, the particular aspects of the Law which make it possible for Trade Unions to carry on their activities and the restraints which the Law place on them for the protection of their members and the community.