<![CDATA[The Book Company: New Products - Labor]]> https://www.thebookco.com Sun, 10 May 2026 19:42:51 +0000 <![CDATA[Labour's Apprentices (Working-Class Lads in Late Victorian and Edwardian England)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/labours-apprentices-9780773512894 Sat, 02 May 2026 13:23:05 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/labours-apprentices-9780773512894 Labour's Apprentices (Working-Class Lads in Late Victorian and Edwardian England) by Michael J. Childs, 9780773512894

The three decades before World War I witnessed significant changes in the work life, home life, and social life of adolescent English males. In Labour's Apprentices Michael Childs suggests that the study of such age-specific experiences provides vital clues to the evolving structure and ..

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The three decades before World War I witnessed significant changes in the work life, home life, and social life of adolescent English males. In Labour's Apprentices Michael Childs suggests that the study of such age-specific experiences provides vital clues to the evolving structure and ..

Price: $39.95

]]> The three decades before World War I witnessed significant changes in the work life, home life, and social life of adolescent English males. In Labour's Apprentices Michael Childs suggests that the study of such age-specific experiences provides vital clues to the evolving structure and ..]]> <![CDATA[In a New Light (Histories of Women and Energy)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/in-a-new-light-histories-of-women-and-energy-9780228006190 Sat, 02 May 2026 09:48:29 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/in-a-new-light-histories-of-women-and-energy-9780228006190 In a New Light (Histories of Women and Energy) by Abigail Harrison Moore, R.W. Sandwell, 9780228006190

In the early 1970s, a German study estimated that women expended as many calories cleaning their coal-mining husbands' work clothes as their husbands did working below ground, arguably making the home as much a site of industrialized work as factories and mines. But while energy studies are beg..

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]]> In a New Light (Histories of Women and Energy) by Abigail Harrison Moore, R.W. Sandwell, 9780228006190

In the early 1970s, a German study estimated that women expended as many calories cleaning their coal-mining husbands' work clothes as their husbands did working below ground, arguably making the home as much a site of industrialized work as factories and mines. But while energy studies are beg..

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]]> In the early 1970s, a German study estimated that women expended as many calories cleaning their coal-mining husbands' work clothes as their husbands did working below ground, arguably making the home as much a site of industrialized work as factories and mines. But while energy studies are beg..]]> <![CDATA[Enduring Work (Experiences with Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/enduring-work-9780228016687 Sat, 02 May 2026 08:06:58 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/enduring-work-9780228016687 Enduring Work (Experiences with Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program) by Catherine E. Connelly, 9780228016687

If you believed most of what’s said about the Canadian Temporary Foreign Worker program, you might naturally assume that there is a trade-off between workers’ poor experiences with the program and employers’ significant benefits. In reality, the experiences of workers are far worse than is comm..

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If you believed most of what’s said about the Canadian Temporary Foreign Worker program, you might naturally assume that there is a trade-off between workers’ poor experiences with the program and employers’ significant benefits. In reality, the experiences of workers are far worse than is comm..

Price: $32.95

]]> If you believed most of what’s said about the Canadian Temporary Foreign Worker program, you might naturally assume that there is a trade-off between workers’ poor experiences with the program and employers’ significant benefits. In reality, the experiences of workers are far worse than is comm..]]> <![CDATA[Federalism, Democracy and Labour Market Policy in Canada]]> https://www.thebookco.com/federalism-democracy-and-labour-market-policy-in-canada-9780889118492 Sat, 02 May 2026 03:18:26 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/federalism-democracy-and-labour-market-policy-in-canada-9780889118492 Federalism, Democracy and Labour Market Policy in Canada by Tom Mcintosh, 9780889118492

Federalism, Democracy and Labour Market Policy in Canada examines both the overall political landscape of labour market policy in Canada and specific analyses of some of the most important labour market policy areas.

Labour market policy occupies a space at the intersection of soc..

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]]> Federalism, Democracy and Labour Market Policy in Canada by Tom Mcintosh, 9780889118492

Federalism, Democracy and Labour Market Policy in Canada examines both the overall political landscape of labour market policy in Canada and specific analyses of some of the most important labour market policy areas.

Labour market policy occupies a space at the intersection of soc..

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]]> Federalism, Democracy and Labour Market Policy in Canada examines both the overall political landscape of labour market policy in Canada and specific analyses of some of the most important labour market policy areas.

Labour market policy occupies a space at the intersection of soc..]]> <![CDATA[Confrontation at Winnipeg, Revised Edition (Labour, Industrial Relations, and the General Strike)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/confrontation-at-winnipeg-revised-edition-9780773507944 Sat, 02 May 2026 03:01:33 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/confrontation-at-winnipeg-revised-edition-9780773507944 Confrontation at Winnipeg, Revised Edition (Labour, Industrial Relations, and the General Strike) by David J. Bercuson, 9780773507944Why was Winnipeg the scene of the longest and most complete general strike in North American history? Bercuson answers this question by examining the development of union labour and the impact of depression and war in the two decades preceding the strike.

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]]> Confrontation at Winnipeg, Revised Edition (Labour, Industrial Relations, and the General Strike) by David J. Bercuson, 9780773507944Why was Winnipeg the scene of the longest and most complete general strike in North American history? Bercuson answers this question by examining the development of union labour and the impact of depression and war in the two decades preceding the strike.

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]]> <![CDATA[Colonization and Community (The Vancouver Island Coalfield and the Making of the British Columbian Working Class)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/colonization-and-community-9780773524033 Sat, 02 May 2026 02:49:03 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/colonization-and-community-9780773524033 Colonization and Community (The Vancouver Island Coalfield and the Making of the British Columbian Working Class) by John D. Belshaw, 9780773524033

In the nineteenth century coal-miners imported from Europe, Asia, and eastern North America burrowed beneath the Vancouver Island towns of Nanaimo, Wellington, and Cumberland. No group was as numerous and influential in this enterprise as the hundreds of British immigrants who traveled half-wa..

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]]> Colonization and Community (The Vancouver Island Coalfield and the Making of the British Columbian Working Class) by John D. Belshaw, 9780773524033

In the nineteenth century coal-miners imported from Europe, Asia, and eastern North America burrowed beneath the Vancouver Island towns of Nanaimo, Wellington, and Cumberland. No group was as numerous and influential in this enterprise as the hundreds of British immigrants who traveled half-wa..

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]]> In the nineteenth century coal-miners imported from Europe, Asia, and eastern North America burrowed beneath the Vancouver Island towns of Nanaimo, Wellington, and Cumberland. No group was as numerous and influential in this enterprise as the hundreds of British immigrants who traveled half-wa..]]> <![CDATA[Social Partnerships for Training (Canada's Experiment with Labour Force Development Boards)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/social-partnerships-for-training-9780889117532 Sat, 02 May 2026 01:51:17 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/social-partnerships-for-training-9780889117532 Social Partnerships for Training (Canada's Experiment with Labour Force Development Boards) by Andrew Sharpe, Rodney S. Haddow, 9780889117532This study of social partnerships in the establishment of labour force development boards provides important food for thought for Canadians interested in the continuing problem of high unemployment in Canada. Drawing on recent theory in political science and comparative public policy, Social Partn..

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]]> Social Partnerships for Training (Canada's Experiment with Labour Force Development Boards) by Andrew Sharpe, Rodney S. Haddow, 9780889117532This study of social partnerships in the establishment of labour force development boards provides important food for thought for Canadians interested in the continuing problem of high unemployment in Canada. Drawing on recent theory in political science and comparative public policy, Social Partn..

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]]> <![CDATA[Harvesting Labour (Tobacco and the Global Making of Canada's Agricultural Workforce)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/harvesting-labour-9780228011248 Sat, 02 May 2026 00:13:54 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/harvesting-labour-9780228011248 Harvesting Labour (Tobacco and the Global Making of Canada's Agricultural Workforce) by Edward Dunsworth, 9780228011248

In recent decades an increasing share of Canada’s agricultural workforce has been made up of temporary foreign workers from the Global South. These labourers work difficult and dangerous jobs with limited legal protections and are effectively barred from permanent settlement in Canada.

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]]> Harvesting Labour (Tobacco and the Global Making of Canada's Agricultural Workforce) by Edward Dunsworth, 9780228011248

In recent decades an increasing share of Canada’s agricultural workforce has been made up of temporary foreign workers from the Global South. These labourers work difficult and dangerous jobs with limited legal protections and are effectively barred from permanent settlement in Canada.

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]]> In recent decades an increasing share of Canada’s agricultural workforce has been made up of temporary foreign workers from the Global South. These labourers work difficult and dangerous jobs with limited legal protections and are effectively barred from permanent settlement in Canada.

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This Handbook presents a detailed and comprehensive examination of the relationship between labour and the built environment, with their connections to human settlements. It synergises these critical focus areas in innovative ways.

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]]> Routledge Handbook on Labour in Construction and Human Settlements (The Built Environment at Work) by Edmundo Werna, George Ofori, 9781032202082

This Handbook presents a detailed and comprehensive examination of the relationship between labour and the built environment, with their connections to human settlements. It synergises these critical focus areas in innovative ways.

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]]> <![CDATA[The Handbook for the Future of Work]]> https://www.thebookco.com/the-handbook-for-the-future-of-work-9781032355917 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:57:51 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/the-handbook-for-the-future-of-work-9781032355917 The Handbook for the Future of Work by Julie MacLeavy, Frederick Harry Pitts, 9781032355917

The Handbook for the Future of Work offers a timely and critical analysis of the transformative forces shaping work and employment in the 21st century.

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The Handbook for the Future of Work offers a timely and critical analysis of the transformative forces shaping work and employment in the 21st century.

Price: $67.99

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