The social history of labor in the Middle East
By: edited by Ellis Jay Goldberg.
Contributors: Goldberg, Ellis.
Series: The social history of the modern Middle East
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
Subjects: Working class -- Middle East -- History
Description: The social history of labor in the Middle East emerged in the 1980s as a major area of research, as historians sought to uncover the roots of working-class organizing. This volume, the first in an important new series, presents a broad overview of recent literature on the history of workers in the Middle East since 1800 in a bold effort to bring together new directions in research and to reexamine the relevance of established ones.

Taken together the essays provide a historically grounded context for viewing the shifting relationship between states and the world economy as well as between particular states and classes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.