On, Barak

Corona and work around the globe

by Ann, Waltner, On, Barak, Alina-Sandra, Cucu, Andreas, Eckert, Babacar, Fall, Bahru, Zewde, Bridget, Kenny, Chitra, Joshi, Cristiana, Schettini, Daniel, Eisenberg, Ellen, Rothenberg, Felicitas Hentschke, JAMES WILLIAMS, Jürgen Kocka, Larissa Rosa, Corrêa, Leon Fink, Mahua, Sarkar, Marcel van der, Linden, Mary Jo Maynes, Maurice, Weiss, Nicole, Mayer-Ahuja, Paulo, Fontes, Preben, Kaarsholm, Sandrine, Kott, Supurna, Banerjee, Yoko, Tanaka

fromWork in global and historical perspective

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This book provides a global perspective on the transformations in the world of work caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The collection of essays will break down the general statistics and trends into glimpses of concrete experiences of workers during pandemic, of workplaces transfo…

This dissertation examines how the introduction of new technologies such as the railway, tramway, and telegraph generated in Egypt unique practices of timekeeping, personhood, and conviviality between the 1830s and 1930s. However, this project cannot be seen as an attempt to "pr…