A Cultural History Of Work In The Age Of Empire

Author : Victoria E. Thompson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350078314

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Winner of the 2020 PROSE Award for Multivolume Reference/Humanities The period 1800–1920 was one in which work processes were dramatically transformed by mechanization, factory system, the abolition of the guilds, the integration of national markets and expansion into overseas colonies. While some continued to work in trades that were similar to those of their parents and grandparents, increasing numbers of workers found their workplace and work processes changed, often in ways that were beyond their control. Workers employed a variety of means to protest these changes, from machine-breaking to strikes to migration. This period saw the rise of the labor union and the working-class political party. It was also a time during which ideas about work changed dramatically. Work came to be seen as a source of pride, progress and even liberation, and workers garnered increased interest from writers and artists. This volume explores the multi-faceted experience of workers during the Age of Empire. A Cultural History of Work in the Age of Empire presents an overview of the period with essays on economies, representations of work, workplaces, work cultures, technology, mobility, society, politics and leisure.

Author : Deborah Simonton,Anne Montenach,Ephraim Lytle,Valerie Louise Garver,Bert De Munck,Thomas Max Safley,Victoria Elizabeth Thompson,Daniel J. Walkowitz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Labor
ISBN : OCLC:1029568508

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A Cultural History of Work: A cultural history of work in the age of empire by Deborah Simonton,Anne Montenach,Ephraim Lytle,Valerie Louise Garver,Bert De Munck,Thomas Max Safley,Victoria Elizabeth Thompson,Daniel J. Walkowitz Pdf

Author : Victoria E. Thompson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350078307

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A Cultural History of Work in the Age of Empire by Victoria E. Thompson Pdf

Winner of the 2020 PROSE Award for Multivolume Reference/Humanities The period 1800–1920 was one in which work processes were dramatically transformed by mechanization, factory system, the abolition of the guilds, the integration of national markets and expansion into overseas colonies. While some continued to work in trades that were similar to those of their parents and grandparents, increasing numbers of workers found their workplace and work processes changed, often in ways that were beyond their control. Workers employed a variety of means to protest these changes, from machine-breaking to strikes to migration. This period saw the rise of the labor union and the working-class political party. It was also a time during which ideas about work changed dramatically. Work came to be seen as a source of pride, progress and even liberation, and workers garnered increased interest from writers and artists. This volume explores the multi-faceted experience of workers during the Age of Empire. A Cultural History of Work in the Age of Empire presents an overview of the period with essays on economies, representations of work, workplaces, work cultures, technology, mobility, society, politics and leisure.

Author : Bert De Munck,Thomas Max Safley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350078246

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A Cultural History of Work in the Early Modern Age by Bert De Munck,Thomas Max Safley Pdf

Winner of the 2020 PROSE Award for Multivolume Reference/Humanities In the early modern age technological innovations were unimportant relative to political and social transformations. The size of the workforce and the number of wage dependent people increased, due in large part to population growth, but also as a result of changes in the organization of work. The diversity of workplaces in many significant economic sectors was on the rise in the 16th-century: family farming, urban crafts and trades, and large enterprises in mining, printing and shipbuilding. Moreover, the increasing influence of global commerce, as accompanied by local and regional specialization, prompted an increased reliance on forms of under-compensated and non-compensated work which were integral to economic growth. Economic volatility swelled the ranks of the mobile poor, who moved along Europe's roads seeking sustenance, and the endemic warfare of the period prompted young men to sign on as soldiers and sailors. Colonists migrated to Europe's territories in the Americas, Africa, and Asia, while others were forced overseas as servants, convicts or slaves. The early modern age proved to be a “renaissance” in the political, social and cultural contexts of work which set the stage for the technological developments to come. A Cultural History of Work in the Early Modern Age presents an overview of the period with essays on economies, representations of work, workplaces, work cultures, technology, mobility, society, politics and leisure.

Author : Antoinette M. Burton,Carlos F. Noreña,Kirsten McKenzie,Matthew Gabriele,Ania Loomba,Ian Coller,Patricia M. E. Lorcin
Publisher : Cultural Histories
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781474242615

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A Cultural History of Western Empires in the Age of Empire by Antoinette M. Burton,Carlos F. Noreña,Kirsten McKenzie,Matthew Gabriele,Ania Loomba,Ian Coller,Patricia M. E. Lorcin Pdf

A Cultural History of Western Empires presents historians, and scholars and students of related fields, with the first comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the cultural history of empire from ancient times to modernity. With six highly illustrated volumes covering 2500 years, this is the definitive reference work on the subject. This volume explores the cultural history the age of empire, covering: War, Trade, Natural worlds, Labor, Mobility, Sexuality, Resistance and Race.

Author : Daniel J. Walkowitz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350078338

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A Cultural History of Work in the Modern Age by Daniel J. Walkowitz Pdf

Winner of the 2020 PROSE Award for Multivolume Reference/Humanities Changes in production and consumption fundamentally transformed the culture of work in the industrial world during the century after World War I. In the aftermath of the war, the drive to create new markets and rationalize work management engaged new strategies of advertising and scientific management, deploying new workforces increasingly tied to consumption rather than production. These changes affected both the culture of the workplace and the home, as the gendered family economy of the modern worker struggled with the vagaries of a changing gendered labour market and the inequalities that accompanied them. This volume draws on illustrative cases to highlight the uneven development of the modern culture of work over the course of the long 20th century. A Cultural History of Work in the Modern Age presents an overview of the period with essays on economies, representations of work, workplaces, work cultures, technology, mobility, society, politics and leisure.

Author : Anne Montenach,Deborah Simonton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350078284

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A Cultural History of Work in the Age of Enlightenment by Anne Montenach,Deborah Simonton Pdf

Winner of the 2020 PROSE Award for Multivolume Reference/Humanities The Enlightenment led to revised ideas about work together with new social attitudes toward work and workers. Coupled with dynamism in the economy, and the rise of the middling orders, work was more frequently perceived positively, as a commodity and as a source of social respectability. This volume explores the cultural implications of the transition from older systems based on privilege, control and embedded practices to a more open society increasingly based on merit and ability. It examines how guild controls broke down and political and commercial systems loosened. It also considers the theoretical justifications that brought new binding ideas, such as the strengthening of ideology on home, domesticity for the female, and work and politics for the male. North America embodied the extremes of these transitions with free workers able to make their way in a society based on ability and initiative while solidifying the ravages of the slavery system. A Cultural History of Work in the Age of Enlightenment presents an overview of the period with essays on economies, representations of work, workplaces, work cultures, technology, mobility, society, politics and leisure.

Author : Heather Ellis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781350035201

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A Cultural History of Education in the Age of Empire by Heather Ellis Pdf

A Cultural History of Education in the Age of Empire presents essays that examine the following key themes of the period: church, religion and morality; knowledge, media and communications; children and childhood; family, community and sociability; learners and learning; teachers and teaching; literacies; and life histories.The period between 1800 and 1920 was pivotal in the global history of education and witnessed many of the key developments which still shape the aims, context and lived experience of education today. These developments included the spread of state sponsored mass elementary education; the efforts of missionary societies and other voluntary movements; the resistance, agency and counter-initiatives developed by indigenous and other colonized peoples as well as the increasingly complex cross border encounters and movements which characterized much educational activity by the end of this period.An essential resource for researchers, scholars, and students in history, literature, culture, and education.

Author : Valerie L. Garver
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350078222

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A Cultural History of Work in the Medieval Age by Valerie L. Garver Pdf

Winner of the 2020 PROSE Award for Multivolume Reference/Humanities Work was central to medieval life. Religious and secular authorities generally expected almost everyone to work. Artistic and literary depictions underlined work's cultural value. The vast majority of medieval people engaged in agriculture because it was the only way they could obtain food. Yet their work led to innovations in technology and production and allowed others to engage in specialized labor, helping to drive the growth of cities. Many workers moved to seek employment and to improve their living conditions. For those who could not work, charity was often available, and many individuals and institutions provided forms of social welfare. Guilds protected their members and created means for the transmission of skills. When they were not at work, medieval Christians were to meet their religious obligations yet many also enjoyed various pastimes. A consideration of medieval work is therefore one of medieval society in all its creativity and complexity and that is precisely what this volume provides. A Cultural History of Work in the Medieval Age presents an overview of the period with essays on economies, representations of work, workplaces, work cultures, technology, mobility, society, politics and leisure.

Author : Ephraim Lytle
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350078154

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A Cultural History of Work in Antiquity by Ephraim Lytle Pdf

Winner of the 2020 PROSE Award for Multivolume Reference/Humanities The world of work saw marked developments over the course of antiquity. These were driven by social and economic changes, especially growth in market trade and related phenomena like urbanization and specialization. Although the self-sufficient agrarian household continued to prevail, economic realities everywhere intervened. Corresponding changes include the emergence of archaeologically distinct workplaces and even, in certain times and places, preindustrial factories. A diversity of workplace cultures often defied dominant gender and other social norms. Across an increasingly connected Mediterranean world, work contributed to and was in turn structured by mobility. Other striking developments included the emergence of state-sponsored leisure activities that offered respite from toil for all social classes. Through an exploration of these and other themes, this volume offers a reappraisal of ancient work and its relationship to Greek and Roman culture. A Cultural History of Work in Antiquity presents an overview of the period with essays on economies, representations of work, workplaces, work cultures, technology, mobility, society, politics and leisure.

Author : Antoinette M. Burton,Carlos F. Noreña,Matthew Gabriele,Patricia Lorcin,Ania Loomba,Ian Coller,Kirsten McKenzie
Publisher : Cultural Histories
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781474242639

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A Cultural History of Western Empires in the Modern Age by Antoinette M. Burton,Carlos F. Noreña,Matthew Gabriele,Patricia Lorcin,Ania Loomba,Ian Coller,Kirsten McKenzie Pdf

A Cultural History of Western Empires presents historians, and scholars and students of related fields, with the first comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the cultural history of empire from ancient times to modernity. With six highly illustrated volumes covering 2500 years, this is the definitive reference work on the subject. This volume explores the cultural history of empire in the modern age, covering: War, Trade, Natural worlds, Labor, Mobility, Sexuality, Resistance and Race.

Author : Bert de Munck,Thomas Max Safley,Deborah Simonton,Anne Montenach
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1350078263

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A Cultural History of Work in the Early Modern Age by Bert de Munck,Thomas Max Safley,Deborah Simonton,Anne Montenach Pdf

Author : Anne Montenach,Deborah Simonton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350078284

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A Cultural History of Work in the Age of Enlightenment by Anne Montenach,Deborah Simonton Pdf

Winner of the 2020 PROSE Award for Multivolume Reference/Humanities The Enlightenment led to revised ideas about work together with new social attitudes toward work and workers. Coupled with dynamism in the economy, and the rise of the middling orders, work was more frequently perceived positively, as a commodity and as a source of social respectability. This volume explores the cultural implications of the transition from older systems based on privilege, control and embedded practices to a more open society increasingly based on merit and ability. It examines how guild controls broke down and political and commercial systems loosened. It also considers the theoretical justifications that brought new binding ideas, such as the strengthening of ideology on home, domesticity for the female, and work and politics for the male. North America embodied the extremes of these transitions with free workers able to make their way in a society based on ability and initiative while solidifying the ravages of the slavery system. A Cultural History of Work in the Age of Enlightenment presents an overview of the period with essays on economies, representations of work, workplaces, work cultures, technology, mobility, society, politics and leisure.

Author : Deborah Simonton,Anne Montenach,Ephraim Lytle,Valerie Louise Garver,Bert De Munck,Thomas Max Safley,Victoria Elizabeth Thompson,Daniel J. Walkowitz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Labor
ISBN : OCLC:1029568508

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A Cultural History of Work: A cultural history of work in the early modern age by Deborah Simonton,Anne Montenach,Ephraim Lytle,Valerie Louise Garver,Bert De Munck,Thomas Max Safley,Victoria Elizabeth Thompson,Daniel J. Walkowitz Pdf

Author : Heather Ellis
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2023-04-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781350239159

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A Cultural History of Education in the Age of Empire by Heather Ellis Pdf

A Cultural History of Education in the Age of Empire presents essays that examine the following key themes of the period: church, religion and morality; knowledge, media and communications; children and childhood; family, community and sociability; learners and learning; teachers and teaching; literacies; and life histories. The period between 1800 and 1920 was pivotal in the global history of education and witnessed many of the key developments which still shape the aims, context and lived experience of education today. These developments included the spread of state sponsored mass elementary education; the efforts of missionary societies and other voluntary movements; the resistance, agency and counter-initiatives developed by indigenous and other colonized peoples as well as the increasingly complex cross border encounters and movements which characterized much educational activity by the end of this period. An essential resource for researchers, scholars, and students in history, literature, culture, and education.