Workers in hard times : a long view of economic crises /
Seeking to historicize today's 'Great Recession, ' this volume of essays uses examples from North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia to situate the current economic crisis and its impact on workers in the context of previous abrupt shifts in the modern-day capitalist...
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| Other Authors: | , , |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Urbana, Illinois :
University of Illinois Press,
[2014]
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| Series: | Working class in American history.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
| Summary: | Seeking to historicize today's 'Great Recession, ' this volume of essays uses examples from North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia to situate the current economic crisis and its impact on workers in the context of previous abrupt shifts in the modern-day capitalist marketplace. Contributors argue that factors such as race, sex, and state intervention have mediated both the effect of economic depressions on workers' lives and workers' responses to those depressions. Further, the direction of influence between politics and economic upheaval, as well as between workers and the welfare state, has often shifted with time, location, and circumstance. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780252095979 0252095979 |