Table of Contents
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