{"product_id":"work-the-last-1-000-years-paperback","title":"Work: The Last 1,000 Years - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrea Komlosy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJacob Watson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eLoren Balhorn\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Deeply researched, lucid and persuasive.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Joe Moran, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTracing the complexity and contradictory nature of work throughout history \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSay the word \"work,\" and most people think of some form of gainful employment. Yet this limited definition has never corresponded to the historical experience of most people--whether in colonies, developing countries, or the industrialized world. \u003cbr\u003e That gap between common assumptions and reality grows even more pronounced in the case of women and other groups excluded from the labour market. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this important intervention, Andrea Komlosy demonstrates that popular understandings of work have varied radically in different ages and countries. Looking at labour history around the globe from the thirteenth to the twenty-first centuries, Komlosy sheds light on both discursive concepts as well as the concrete coexistence of multiple forms of labour--paid and unpaid, free and unfree. From the economic structures and ideological mystifications surrounding work in the Middle Ages, all the way to European colonialism and the industrial revolution, Komlosy's narrative adopts a distinctly global and feminist approach, revealing the hidden forms of unpaid and hyper-exploited labour which often go ignored, yet are key to the functioning of the capitalist world-system. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eWork: The Last 1,000 Years\u003c\/i\u003e will open readers' eyes to an issue much thornier and more complex than most people imagine, one which will be around as long as basic human needs and desires exist.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrea Komlosy\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in the Department of Economics and Social History at the University of Vienna, Austria, where she coordinates the Global History and Global Studies programmes. She has published on labour, migration, borders and uneven development on a regional, European and global context. She was also a 2014\/2015 Schumpeter Fellow at Harvard University's Weatherhead Center for International Relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 8.3 x 5.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764140376352,"sku":"9781786634139","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1cdae8b939f8201c73988f3e95851c4d.webp?v=1780243692","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/work-the-last-1-000-years-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}