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The book "Labour revolt in Britain 1910-1914" by Ralph Darlington provides a thorough study of the strike waves that occurred during this period. The author highlights the violence and suffering experienced by the strikers and their families, challenging the notion that the last Liberal governments were successful in resolving industrial relations crises. The book also examines the roles of Prime Minister Henry Asquith and David Lloyd George in handling industrial disputes, with Lloyd George being praised for his negotiation skills. The author emphasizes the significance of the 1912 mining legislation, which broke with the belief in setting wages through free market forces and voluntary collective bargaining. Overall, the book offers a comprehensive analysis of the labor revolt during this time period. [Extracted from the article]

Sven Lindqvist's book, "Dig Where You Stand: How to Research a Job," has been translated into English and offers a unique perspective on the hidden histories of work. The book focuses on Lindqvist's grandfather's job as a cement factory worker and serves as a self-help guide for working class activists. It explores how working class individuals can research their own history and gain more power in their workplace. While the book may not fully encompass contemporary workers' identities, it provides a blueprint for researchers and serves as a thought-provoking resource for those engaged in working class politics and social change. Lindqvist argues that workers should reclaim the work hidden in capital and emphasizes the importance of researching historical strikes and industrial conflicts. Overall, the book aims to inspire a movement of historical research and self-education within working-class communities. [Extracted from the article]

Max Ogden's book I A long view from the left i emerged from the suggestion that Max write his memoir, a great idea given Max's wealth of knowledge and experience. Also, Max had sympathy and understanding for the plight of women within the union movement - an understanding that was out of step with the wider union movement at this time (see chapter four). Overall, Max's book provides an account of the Australian union movement's positioning in the fight for equality and social justice, and the movement's struggles to remain relevant in the face of hostile governments. [Extracted from the article]

In February 1996, the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist launched an armed rebellion in Nepal, a landlocked country surrounded by China and India. Consequently, anthropological analyses of the Maoist revolution in empowering Nepal's marginalized communities have become a recurring theme in Nepal studies. Shadowing freed Kamaiyas working at a brick kiln factory, Hoffmann illustrates the ways in which the Maoist movement altered labor regimes in the region. [Extracted from the article]

There's a brilliant moment - one of many - in Seb Franklin's new book, that turns the cyberlibertarian term "digital native" inside out. As Franklin luminously demonstrates, in this way capitalism appears systemic and inevitable, its value operating abstractly or separately from its material or analog sources. The Digitally Disposed: Racial Capitalism and the Informatics of Value: Seb Franklin, 2021 Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, Electronic Mediations 61 280 pp., ISBN 10 1517907152, £20.99 (pbk). [Extracted from the article]

Hustle and Gig: Struggling and Surviving in the Sharing Economy: by Alexandrea J. Ravenelle, Oakland CA, University of California Press, 2019, 288 pp., £25.00 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-520-30056-9 / £85.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-0-520-30055-2 The monumental changes brought on by the rise of the sharing economy demand attention by those studying inequality, technology, and the ever-mounting risk shift onto American workers. In a way, Ravenelle's expert discussion of how bad the sharing economy treats workers leaves one wanting a more radical prescription for the low wage workers, sharing economy or not, given the pervasive injustices she documents. [Extracted from the article]

Hence, this book adds to the growing body of tourism experiences research by examining how tourism organizations can market experiences to attract the experienced tourist. This book presents relevant literature and deals with different aspects of tourism experience. Part VI labelled "Emerging avenues of tourism experience and co-creation" includes nine chapters and discusses recent and future developments and issues in tourism experience. [Extracted from the article]

A recent global survey of 6,320 Ph.D. students revealed 36% of respondents "sought help for anxiety or depression caused by Ph.D. study" (Flaherty, [1], para. Taris ([5]) examines various work-psychological models that explore how different job characteristics, such as variance in a worker's happiness, contribute to different outcomes. Taris ([5]) concludes the chapter by asserting that through understanding appealing aspects of the job, an organization can design jobs that will promote both worker happiness and productivity. [Extracted from the article]

In the wake of the Great Recession, labor scholars have explored the series of dramatic, digital transformations of work, employment, and labor relations that has accompanied the extraordinary growth of the I gig economy i . (4) I How are workers reshaping the gig economy i (gig worker tactics for resistance, new organizing models)? One of the major strengths of this neat book is its concern to engage directly with gig workers at the front line of the gig economy, and thereby to offer a more inclusive, worker-centered account of the gig economy - workers' voices feature throughout the book in a deliberately polyvocal commentary. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the relations between corporations and their employees, using the book "Grounding Globalization: Labour in the Age of Insecurity," by Andries Bezuidenhout, Edward Webster and Rob Lambert as a starting off point for the discussion. An overview of what is referred to as the cultural landscape of the worker, including the collectivization of agriculture in the Soviet Union under the premier Joseph Stalin, is provided. The role that the transparency of the economic landscape plays in the conflict between labor and capital is discussed.

A review of the book "The Right to Manage: Industrial Relations Policies of American Business in the 1940s," by Howell John Harris is presented.

The article reviews the book "The Jarrow Crusade: Protest and Legend," by Matt Perry.

Reviews the book "Le relazioni industriali fra coop erazione e conflitto," by Giuseppe Bianchi.

Reviews the book "Begegnung vor Gericht. Eine Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte des englischen Arbeitsrechts (1850-1925)," by Willibald Steinmetz.

Reviews the book "Understanding Work and Employment: Industrial Relations in Transition," edited by Peter Ackers and Adrian Wilkinson.

Reviews the book "National Labour Relations in Internationalized Markets. A Comparative Study of Institutions, Change and Performance," by Franz Traxler, Sabine Blaschke and Bernhard Kittel.

Reviews the book " Restructuring the Employment Relationship," by Duncan Gallie, Michael White, Yuan Cheng and Mark Tomlinson.

Reviews two books. "Down on the Killing Floor: Black and White Workers in Chicago's Packinghouses, 1904-54," by Rick Halpern; "Negro and White, Unite and Fight!: A Social History of Industrial Unionism in Meatpacking, 1930-90," by Roger Horowitz.

Reviews the book 'The Crisis of Labour: Industrial Relations and the State in Contemporary Britain,' by David Coates.

Reviews the book 'Competitive Advantage on the Shop Floor,' by W. Lazonick.

Reviews the book "Labor and the Ambivalent Revolutionaries: Mexico, 1911-1923," by Ramón Eduardo Ruiz.

Reviews the book "Strife on the Waterfront, the Port of New York since 1945," by Vernon H. Jensen.

Reviews books on industrial relations. "Adjusting to Democracy: The Role of the Ministry of Labour in British Politics: 1916-1939," by Rodney Lowe; "A History of British Industrial Relations: 1914-1939," vol. II, edited by C. J. Wrigley; "Cosy Co-operation Under Strain: Industrial Relations in the Yorkshire Woollen Industry, 1919-1930," by Chris Wrigley.

Reviews the book "Confrontation at Winnipeg: Labour, Industrial Relations and the General Strike," by David Jay Bercuson.

Reviews the book "English Hunger and Industrial Disorders: A Study of Social Conflict During the First Decade of George III's Reign," by Walter Shelton.

Reviews the book "Konflikter i organisationer--belyst ved EDB-systemarbejde (Conflicts in Organizations--Illustrated by Cases of Computer Systems Design)," by Finn Borum and Harald Enderud.

Reviews the book "European Industrial Relations: The Challenge of Flexibility," edited by Guido Baglioni and Colin Crouch.

Reviews the book "Labour Relations in Eastern Europe: Organisational Design and Dynamics," by K. Petkov and J. E. M. Thirkell.

The article reviews the book "Masters to Managers: Historical and Comparative Perspectives on American Employers," edited by Sanford R. Jacoby.

The article reviews the book "Conflict at Work: A Materialist Analysis of Workplace Relations," by P. K. Edwards.

Reviews the book "The Second Industrial Divide: Possibilities for Prosperity," by Michael Piore and Charles Sabel.

Reviews the book "Government as Employer," by Sterling D. Spero.

Reviews the book "The Story of the Savannah: An Episode in Maritime Labor-Management Relations," by David Kuechle.

Reviews the book "The Silent Revolution: The Industrial Revolution in England as a Source of Cultural Change," by John W. Osborne.

Reviews the book "Essays in industrial Relations Theory," edited by Gerald G. Somers.

Reviews the book "Slave Society in Cuba During the Nineteenth Century," by Franklin W. Knight.

Reviews the book "Industrial Democracy: The Sociology of Participation," by Paul Blumberg.

Reviews the book "Soviet Trade Unions and Labor Relations," by Emily Clark Brown.

Reviews the book "Age of industrial Violence, 1910-1915; The Activities and Findings of the United States Commission on industrial Relations," by Graham Adams.