Rethinking Work: Global Historical and Sociological Perspectives
- ISBN-10
- 818948785X
- ISBN-13
- 9788189487850
- Series
- Rethinking Work
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 182
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-01
- Authors
- Alice Mah, Rana Behal, Babacar Fall
Description
Papers presented at an international and interdisciplinary workshop on Global history and sociology of work, held at Berlin in 2009.
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- 2007-10-15
- 172 pages
- Paperback
- Davies-Black Publishing
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