Towards a new history of work

This collection of essays is the outcome of a conference organized by the Association of Indian Labour Historians in collaboration with the V.V. Giri National Labour Institute on the histories of work from the long-term and comparative perspective. Why did the conference organizers and participants propose to look beyond 'labor history' to look at 'the history of work'? Perhaps because at this moment of history we are in the midst of a huge change which compels our attention to turn to the notio...See More