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The Employment Relation in English and American Law and Culture, 1350-1870
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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.
Release date Australia
June 30th, 2002
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Edition
New edition
Pages
286
Dimensions
156x235x17
ISBN-13
9780807854525
Product ID
5866731

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