Conflits et résistances autour du temps de travail avant l’industrialisation
For a long time, most historians considered that the organization and discipline of working hours was the one factor that made the difference between the industrial period and the one before. This paper presents another point of view : conflicts about working hours should be considered in light of l...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fra |
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ADR Temporalités
2012-12-01
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| Series: | Temporalités |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/temporalites/2203 |
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| Summary: | For a long time, most historians considered that the organization and discipline of working hours was the one factor that made the difference between the industrial period and the one before. This paper presents another point of view : conflicts about working hours should be considered in light of long-term industrial social relationships. We present here a broad sketch of the conflicts where working hours contributed to motivate the workers, from the XIVth century to the beginning of the XIXth century. Although in the Middle Ages, some conflicts were clearly questioning the definition of working hours, the topic seemed to fade during the XVIIth century. But at that time, other conflicts start on the amount of work that needs to be done in a given period of time. The first industrialization doesn’t really change the nature of the claims. Most of these claims actually came from people who worked in traditional areas, while factory workers remained rather quiet until the 1860s or 1870s. |
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| ISSN: | 1777-9006 2102-5878 |