Work in a Modern Society

The German Historical Experience in Comparative Perspective
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-78238-111-2
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 340 g

Reihe: New German Historical Perspectives

Whereas the history of workers and labor movements has been widely researched, the history of work has been rather neglected by comparison. This volume offers original contributions that deal with cultural, social and theoretical aspects of the history of work in modern Europe, including the relations between gender and work, working and soldiering, work and trust, constructions and practices. The volume focuses on Germany but also places the case studies in a broader European context. It thus offers an insight into social and cultural history as practiced by German-speaking scholars today but also introduces the reader to ongoing research in this field.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kocka, Jürgen

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Work as a Problem in European History

Jürgen Kocka

Chapter 2. Discourses on Work and Labour in Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-century Germany

Josef Ehmer

Chapter 3. Beginnings of the Anthropology of Work: Nineteenth-century Social Scientists and Their Influence on Ethnography

Gerd Spittler

Chapter 4. The Vision(s) of Work in the Nineteenth-century German Labour Movement

Thomas Welskopp

Chapter 5. Work in Gender, Gender in Work: the German Case in a Comparative Perspective

Karin Hausen

Chapter 6. Trust as Work

Ute Frevert

Chapter 7. Soldiering and Working: Almost the Same? Reviewing People’s Practices in Industry and Military in Twentieth-century Contexts

Alf Lüdtke

Chapter 8. Forced Labour in the Second World War: the German Case and Responsibility

Klaus Tenfelde

Chapter 9. Work, Max Weber, Confucianism: the Confucian Ethic and the Spirit of Japanese Capitalism

Sebastian Conrad

Chapter 10. What is Global Labour History Good For?

Andreas Eckert

Notes on Contributors

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kocka, Jürgen
Jürgen Kocka taught Social History at the University of Bielefeld for many years, after which he was appointed Professor of History of the Industrial World at the Free University of Berlin and Research Professor at Berlin Social Science Research Centre (WZB). He has published widely in the field of Modern History, particularly Social and Economic History of Europe, 18th-20th centuries. His publications in the English language include Facing Total War. German Society 1914-1918 (Berg, 1984), Industrial Culture and Bourgeois Society. Business, Labor, and Bureaucracy in Modern Germany (Berghahn, 1999), Civil Society and Dictatorship in Modern German History  (University Press of  New England, 2010) and Comparative and Transnational History. Central European Approaches and New Perspectives (Berghahn 2009, edited together with Heinz-Gerhard Haupt).

Jürgen Kocka taught Social History at the University of Bielefeld for many years, after which he was appointed Professor of History of the Industrial World at the Free University of Berlin and Research Professor at Berlin Social Science Research Centre (WZB). He has published widely in the field of Modern History, particularly Social and Economic History of Europe, 18th-20th centuries. His publications in the English language include Facing Total War. German Society 1914-1918 (Berg, 1984), Industrial Culture and Bourgeois Society. Business, Labor, and Bureaucracy in Modern Germany (Berghahn, 1999), Civil Society and Dictatorship in Modern German History  (University Press of  New England, 2010) and Comparative and Transnational History. Central European Approaches and New Perspectives (Berghahn 2009, edited together with Heinz-Gerhard Haupt).