Global labour history is a latecomer to historical science. It has only developed in the last three decades. This anthology provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art, with prominent representatives of the discipline discussing its fundamental methodological and conceptual aspects. In addition, the volume contains field and case studies from Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and China. In these studies, the local, regional, and continental constitutive processes of the working class are discussed from a global-historical perspective. The anthology has been composed as a Festschrift dedicated to Marcel van der Linden, the leading theoretician of, and networker for, global labour history.
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“Without doubt Marcel has played a pioneering role in writing manifestos and mapping out the promise of a new global history of the working classes and labour relations, especially in its economic aspects. He is also an extremely efficient and enthusiastic organizer and networker. Whether in Europe, Asia, the Americas, or Australasia, he has inspired a new interest in and helped to set up organizations committed to the study of labour history.”
—Neville Kirk, Labour / Le Travail
“This inspiring Festschrift for historian Marcel van der Linden is aptly titled On the Road to Global Labour History, recognising the pivotal role that Marcel played in developing this field.”
—Julia Martinez, Labour History: A Journal of Labour and Social History
Other books edited by Karl Heinz Roth
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Beyond Marx
Edited by Karl Heinz Roth and Marcel van der Linden