Collective Action and Political Transformation: the entangled experiences in Brazil, South Africa and Europe

Abstract

systematically examine and analyse this complex and turbulent period of Greek and Ottoman/Turkish history. As the editors of the book rightly point out in their epilogue, all of the chapters focus on under-researched and partially unexplored themes of labour historiography (452), and as such, all of the contributors deserve praise. They have not only dealt with unexplored research but have, above all, succeeded in doing so with great dexterity. With its focus on the labour movement and its relation to social change from the nineteenth century to the twentieth, the book is an invaluable contribution not only for Greek and Turkish studies scholars and students but also for researchers who focus on global labour history. I am confident that this well-written and superbly edited book will also attract a wide readership and become standard reading, as it integrates both countries into the global labour history tradition. It will undoubtedly be several years before this work is surpassed.