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                ***NOW AVAILABLE***

      "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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