On The Road To Global Labour History

Karl Heinz Roth, M.D. (1986), Ph.D. (1992), is member of the executive board of the Stiftung für Sozialgeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts (Bremen, Germany). He has published monographs and many articles on European global history of the twentieth century.

• PrefaceKarl Heinz RothList of AbbreviationsNotes on ContributorsMarcel van der Linden – Networker1 Marcel van der Linden and the International Institute of Social History on the Road to Global Labour History: A Personal AccountKarin Hofmeester2 Dialogues across Borders: Marcel van der Linden and the Association of Indian Labour Historians (AILH)Chitra Joshi, Prabhu P. Mohapatra and Rana P. Behal3 Marcel van der Linden and the International Conference of Labour and Social History (ITH)David Mayer and Berthold Unfried4 Marcel van der Linden – Friend of the Foundation for Social History of the Twentieth CenturyAngelika EbbinghausField and Case Studies5 Slaveries and the Enslaved in Spanish America: Thoughts on the ‘World Working Class’ in a Historical Global PerspectiveMichael Zeuske6 Potosí’s Silver and the Global World of Trade (Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries)Rossana Barragán Romano7 Chronicle of a Strike Foretold: Abadan, July 1946Touraj Atabaki8 Petitioning as Industrial Bargaining in a Turkish State Factory: The Changing Nature of Petitioning in an Early Republican State FactoryGörkem Akgöz9 Chinese Workers in Global Production and Local ResistanceJenny ChanMethodological and Conceptual Aspects10 On the Road to Global Labour History – via ComparisonPeter Alexander11 Migration Research in a Global Perspective: Recent DevelopmentsDirk Hoerder12 Labour Flexibility and Labour Precariousness as Conceptual Tools for the Historical Study of the Interactions among Labour RelationsChristian G. De Vito13 Re-assessing Labour and Value Transfer under CapitalismAndrea KomlosyMarcel van der Linden – His Intellectual Development14 An Encyclopaedist of Critical Thought: Marcel van der Linden, Heterodox Marxism and Global Labour HistoryKarl Heinz RothMarcel van der Linden: A BibliographyBibliographyIndex

“Without doubt Marcel has played a pioneering role in writing manifestos and mapping out the promise of a new global history of the working classes and labour relations, especially in its economic aspects. He is also an extremely efficient and enthusiastic organizer and networker. Whether in Europe, Asia, the Americas, or Australasia, he has inspired a new interest in and helped to set up organizations committed to the study of labour history.”—Neville Kirk, Labour / Le Travail“This inspiring Festschrift for historian Marcel van der Linden is aptly titled On the Road to Global Labour History, recognising the pivotal role that Marcel played in developing this field.”—Julia Martinez, Labour History: A Journal of Labour and Social History