ABSTRACT

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.

part |128 pages

Part I

chapter I|4 pages

Introductory

chapter II|5 pages

Primitive African Society

chapter III|5 pages

Foreign Influences

chapter V|6 pages

The Fall Of Slavery

chapter VII|6 pages

Forced Labour

chapter VIII|7 pages

Alternatives to Wage-Earning

chapter IX|7 pages

Methods of Recruiting

chapter X|5 pages

Conditions of Recruiting

chapter XI|8 pages

The Contract

chapter XII|6 pages

The Value of the Contract

chapter XIV|7 pages

Penal Sanctions

chapter XV|5 pages

The Workman and the Law

chapter XVII|6 pages

Moral Effects of Wage-Earning

chapter XVIII|5 pages

Women and Child Workers

chapter XIX|6 pages

The Wage-Earner and the Land

part |23 pages

Part III