{"product_id":"9780850366877","title":"Histories of Labour: National and International Perspectives","description":"\u003cp\u003eProvides a unique and authoriatative survey of trends in labour history and historiographical developments around the world over the last fifty years;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe essays are written by leading scholars from Britain, America, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Germany, India, Ireland and Japan;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is wide-ranging, meticulously documented and accessibly written.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book asserts the importance of the lives, aspirations and actions of ordinary workers. Their history is as important for understanding the past as the activities of their rulers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn indispensable volume for all historians of work, workers and organized labour, it will be immensely valuable to those engaged in labour movements who believe that, in the face of globalization, labour's future depends on understanding its past in all its complexities. It is published to commemorate the creation of the Society for the Study of Labour History in 1960 which, as Eric Hobsbawm remembers in his Preface, 'made British labour history for a time the most globally influential in the field'.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Merlin Press Limited, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022133477616,"sku":"9780850366877","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780850366877_p0.jpg?v=1763826678","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780850366877","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}