Colonialism, institutional change, and shifts in global labour relations / edited by Karin Hofmeester and Pim de Zwart.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1 Introduction Colonialism, Institutional Change, and Shifts in Global Labour Relations -- Part I: Labour in the Production of Global Commodities -- 2: The Industrialization of the Developing World and Its Impact on Labour Relations, 1840s to 1940s -- 3: Economic Institutions and Shifting Labour Relations in the Indian, Brazilian, and South African Diamond Mines -- 4: The Global Detour of Cane Sugar from Plantation Island to Sugarlandia -- 5: Threads of Imperialism Colonial Institutions and Gendered Labour Relations in the Textile Industry in the Dutch Empire -- 6: The Triumph of the Peasant Option and The Parasitic Cotton Sector in Malawi, 1891 to 1995 -- Part II: Changing Labour and Land Market Institutions -- 7: Extractive Economy and Institutions? Technology, Labour, and Land in Potosí, the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century -- 8: Changing Tides Maritime Labour Relations in Europe and Asia -- 9: Wage Labour and Slavery on the Cape Frontier The Impact of the Abolition of Slave Imports on Labour Relations in the Graafff-Reinet District -- Part III: Monetization and The Payment of Work -- 10: Paying in Cents, Paying in Rupees Colonial Currencies, Labour Relations, and The Payment of Wages in Early Colonial Kenya -- 11: Labour and Deep Monetization in Eurasia, 1000 to 1900

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This book offers a view of shifts in labour relations in various parts of the world over a breathtaking span, from 1500 to 2000, with a particular emphasis on colonial institutions. How did growing demand for colonial commodities affect labour in the Global South? How did colonial interference with land and labour markets affect developments in labour relations? And what were the effects of the introduction of colonial currencies? The contributors to this volume answer those questions and more, combining global perspectives with impressively detailed case studies