This paper addresses the question of how to organize care in degrowth societies that call for
social and ecological sustainability, as well as gender and environmental justice, without …

This article pursues two goals. First, it reviews recent literature calling for a revised and
extended history of work. Based on that review, it then explores the possibility of a new …

This article argues that we need to move beyond the “Atlantic” and “formal” bias in our
understanding of the history of slavery. It explores ways forward toward developing a better …

Aus wissenssoziologischer Perspektive fragt dieser Beitrag nach Deutungsmodellen von
Arbeit, die historisch-soziologisch aus Debatten über freie vs. unfreie Arbeit erschlossen …

Slavery is not a commonly discussed topic in late imperial Chinese history—indeed, as
much as late imperial China is not an area usually discussed in world and global slavery …

This article deals with the recent developments of labour history in and about the Nordic
countries. We identify patterns, problems and possibilities in these recent developments in …

Against the usual argument heard most frequently on the left, that there is no subject for a
radical politics together with its form of political mobilization, there is–but in the absence of a …

This book offers an Asia-centred story of bondage and coerced labour. Spanning the
western Indian Ocean to Japan, and the 16th to the 19th century, it follows coercion from the …

Until the late sixteenth century, the devşirme system was the main method of manning the
janissary army. This was no simple conscription. It required an intense process of identity …

This article revisits our understanding of corvée labor regimes and their role and impact in
the early expansion of colonialism and capitalism. Rather than remnants of feudal pasts, or …