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"Labor Unrest in the World-Economy 1870-1990"
Editors: Beverly J. Silver, Giovanni Arrighi,
and Melvyn Dubofsky
SPECIAL ISSUE OF REVIEW
Journal of the Fernand Braudel Center for the Study of
Economics, Historical Systems, and Civilizations
Vol. XVIII, No. 1, Winter 1995
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This special issue of REVIEW explores the links between
the dynamics of labor unrest and the capitalist world-
economy during the twentieth century. How have waves of
labor militancy contributed to the evolution of the
modern world-system? What opportunities and constraints
are imposed on labor movements by the world-economy and
the interstate system?
This special issue also introduces a major new database
on world labor unrest based on newspaper reports from
1870 to 1990. The design and construction of the World
Labor Research Working Group database are described in
detail in Part I of the special issue. The national and
world-level patterns revealed by this important new
source are analyzed in Parts II and III.
Special Issue Contents:
Part I: The World Labor Research Working Group Project:
Research Design
Beverly J. Silver, "Labor Unrest and World-Systems
Analysis: Premises, Concepts, and Measurement"
Jamie F. Dangler, "The Times (London) and the New
York Times as Sources on World Labor Unrest"
Part II: Country Reliability Studies
Giovanni Arrighi, "Labor Unrest in Italy, 1880-1990"
Mark Selden, "Labor Unrest in China, 1831-1900"
Mark Beittel, "Labor Unrest in South Africa, 1870-
1990"
Roberto P. Korzeniewicz, "Labor Unrest in Argentina,
1906-1990"
Donald Quataert, "Labor Unrest in Egypt, 1906-1990"
Melvyn Dubofsky, "Labor Unrest in the United States,
1906-1990"
John Casparis and Giovanni Arrighi, "Labor Unrest in
Germany, 1906-1990"
Part III: World-Scale Patterns
Beverly J. Silver, "World-Scale Patterns of Labor-
Capital Conflict: Labor Unrest, Long Waves, and
Cycles of World Hegemony"
Appendices
World Labor Group, "Data Collection Instructions"
World Labor Group, "Geographical Spread of Mentions of
Labor Unrest, 1906-1990"
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