
The Invention of Free Labor
The Employment Relation in English and American Law and Culture, 1350-1870
Robert J. Steinfeld(Author)
The University of North Carolina Press
Published on 25. November 1991
Book
Hardback
286 pages
978-0-8078-1988-3 (ISBN)
Description
Examining the emergence of the modern conception of free labor--labor that could not be legally compelled, even though voluntarily agreed upon--Steinfeld explains how English law dominated the early American colonies, making violation of al labor agreements punishable by imprisonment. By the eighteenth century, traditional legal restrictions no longer applied to many kinds of colonial workers, but it was not until the nineteenth century that indentured servitude came to be regarded as similar to slavery.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chapel Hill
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8078-1988-3 (9780807819883)
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