African Labor History (Paperback)

Introduction Robin Cohen, Jean Copans and Peter C. W. Gutkind. 1. An Emerging Nigerian Working Class: The Lagos Experience, 1897-1939 Arnold Hughes and Robin Cohen 2. Working on the Railway: Forced Labor in Northern Nigeria, 1907-1912 Michael Mason 3. The 192 Strike on the Rand: White Labor and the Political Economy of South Africa Robert Davies 4. Tragedy at Thiaroye: The Senegalese Soldiers’ Uprising of 1944 Myron J. Echenberg 5. The French West African Railway Workers’ Strike, 1947-1948 J. Suret-Canale 6. Trade Unionism in Kenya, 1947-1952: The Militant Phase Sharon Stichter 7. Unionization and Employer Strategy: The Tanganyikan Sisal Industry, 1958-1964 Dianne Bolton 8. Strikes, Urban Mass Action and Political Change: Tananarive, 1972 Gerard Althabe 9. The State, Mineworkers and Multinationals: The Selebe Phikwe Strike, Botswana 1975 David Cooper.