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Fighting for a Living: A Comparative Study of Military Labour 1500-2000 (Work around the Globe: Historical Comparisons)
Erik Jan Zurcher (Ed.)
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Description for Fighting for a Living: A Comparative Study of Military Labour 1500-2000 (Work around the Globe: Historical Comparisons)
Hardcover. An investigation on the circumstances that have produced starkly different systems of recruiting and employing soldiers in different parts of the globe over the last 500 years Editor(s): Zurcher, Erik Jan. Series: Work Around the Globe: Historical Comparisons. Num Pages: 688 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: 3J; HBW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 158 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1144.
Military recruitment|Military employment|Comparative history Europe, Asia, Middle East
Military recruitment|Military employment|Comparative history Europe, Asia, Middle East
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Condition
New
Series
Work Around the Globe: Historical Comparisons
Number of Pages
688
Place of Publication
Amsterdam, Netherlands
ISBN
9789089644527
SKU
V9789089644527
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99-50
About Erik Jan Zurcher (Ed.)
| https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/erik-jan-zurcher target= _blank > Erik-Jan Z rcher is director of the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, as well as member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Turkish Studies at Leiden University.
Reviews for Fighting for a Living: A Comparative Study of Military Labour 1500-2000 (Work around the Globe: Historical Comparisons)
Historians have long overlooked the labour involved in soldiering. But now, with the publication of Fighting for a Living, the world of military workers is brought to the forefront of scholarly inquiry. The editors throw a critical shining light on the nature of war and the nature of work for the millions of individuals who have contributed their labour, and ... Read more