1st Edition

The African Labourer

250 Pages

by Routledge

250 Pages

by Routledge

254 Pages

by Routledge

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Originally published in 1933, this book is a comparative study of the labour market in the early part of the twentieth century in different parts of Africa. It focusses particularly on the impact of Western influence, both on an industrial and sociological level, in the period after the First World War. The book takes as its area central and southern parts of Africa, as well as the West Coast.... Read more

Part 1 1. Intoductory

2. Primitive African Society

3 and 4. Foreign Influences

5. The Fall of Slavery

6. The Incentive to Wage-Earning

7. Forced Labour

8. Alternatives to Wage-Earning

9. Methods of Recruiting

10. Conditions of Recruiting

11. The Contract

12. The Value of the Contract

13. The Identification of the Worker

14. Penal Sanctions

15. The Workman and the Law

16. Living Conditions and Their Effect

17. Moral Effects of Wage-Earning

18. Women and Child Workers

19. The Wage-Earner and the Land

20. Labour and International Relations

21. Some Aspects of Investigation

Part 2. Summary of Legislation. List of African Countries Dealt with in the following summary of legislation. The Belgian Congo. British Colonies, Protectorates and Mandated Territories. French Colonies. Italian Somaliland and Eritrea. Liberia. Portuguese Colonies. Spanish Colonies.

Part 3: International Draft Conventions