Labor geographies : workers and the landscapes of capitalism /
Herod, Andrew, 1964-
Labor geographies : workers and the landscapes of capitalism / Workers and the landscapes of capitalism Andrew Herod - New York : Guilford Press, 2001 - xvi, 352 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - Perspectives on economic change. .
Machine generated contents note: CHAPTER 1. Introduction: Labor and Landscapes -- CHAPTER 2. Toward a Labor Geography -- CHAPTER 3. Challenging the Global Locally: -- Labor in a Postindustrial Global City -- CHAPTER 4. Spatial Sabotage: Containerization, Union Work -- Rules, and the Geography of Waterfront Work -- CHAPTER 5. Scales of Struggle: Labor's Rescaling of Contract -- Bargaining in the U.S. East Coast -- Longshoring Industry -- CHAPTER 6. Labor as an Agent of Globalization -- and as a Global Agent -- CHAPTER 7. Engineering Spaces of Anti-Communism: -- Connecting Cold War Global Strategy -- to Local Everyday Life -- CHAPTER 8. Thinking Locally, Acting Globally?: -- The Practice of International Labor Solidarity -- and the Geography of the Global Economy -- CHAPTER 9. International Labor Union Activity -- and the Landscapes of Transition -- in Central and Eastern Europe -- CHAPTER 10. Labor Geographies: A Conclusion -- and a New Beginning? -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.
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Labor unions--Organizing.
Labor unions.
Economic geography.
International labor activities.
Sindicatos--Organización.
Sindicatos.
HD 6490 / H559l 2001
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Labor geographies : workers and the landscapes of capitalism / Workers and the landscapes of capitalism Andrew Herod - New York : Guilford Press, 2001 - xvi, 352 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - Perspectives on economic change. .
Machine generated contents note: CHAPTER 1. Introduction: Labor and Landscapes -- CHAPTER 2. Toward a Labor Geography -- CHAPTER 3. Challenging the Global Locally: -- Labor in a Postindustrial Global City -- CHAPTER 4. Spatial Sabotage: Containerization, Union Work -- Rules, and the Geography of Waterfront Work -- CHAPTER 5. Scales of Struggle: Labor's Rescaling of Contract -- Bargaining in the U.S. East Coast -- Longshoring Industry -- CHAPTER 6. Labor as an Agent of Globalization -- and as a Global Agent -- CHAPTER 7. Engineering Spaces of Anti-Communism: -- Connecting Cold War Global Strategy -- to Local Everyday Life -- CHAPTER 8. Thinking Locally, Acting Globally?: -- The Practice of International Labor Solidarity -- and the Geography of the Global Economy -- CHAPTER 9. International Labor Union Activity -- and the Landscapes of Transition -- in Central and Eastern Europe -- CHAPTER 10. Labor Geographies: A Conclusion -- and a New Beginning? -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.
1572306858
Labor unions--Organizing.
Labor unions.
Economic geography.
International labor activities.
Sindicatos--Organización.
Sindicatos.
HD 6490 / H559l 2001
331./8