A Masterful Academic Essay Collection
5 stars
This book is an incredible collection of essays on different aspects of global labor history, historiography, and labor organization. The section that looks at labor changes over the centuries from a geographic perspective is especially great, although obviously given the scale of the task some areas are left out (e.g. Japan 😢). Each section also includes a suggested reading list, which in and of itself is invaluable. The essays do have a very socialist bent, which for me was tolerable but was occasionally annoying. A big oversight is that there is virtually no details on what the work people did actually entailed - instead, the book is focused on the macro organization and composition of labor. I would've been more forgiving on this point if the book had a different title. Regardless, this collection is so insightful on the topics it does cover that it demands to be read by …
This book is an incredible collection of essays on different aspects of global labor history, historiography, and labor organization. The section that looks at labor changes over the centuries from a geographic perspective is especially great, although obviously given the scale of the task some areas are left out (e.g. Japan 😢). Each section also includes a suggested reading list, which in and of itself is invaluable. The essays do have a very socialist bent, which for me was tolerable but was occasionally annoying. A big oversight is that there is virtually no details on what the work people did actually entailed - instead, the book is focused on the macro organization and composition of labor. I would've been more forgiving on this point if the book had a different title. Regardless, this collection is so insightful on the topics it does cover that it demands to be read by folks remotely connected to understanding work and management. Highly recommend