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02339aam a2200397 a 4500 001 008709FE0D2011E2A71181E86AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20121003010153 008 111130s2012 ctua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2011944443 020 $a 030015870X (hbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780300158700 (hbk. : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)759174232 040 $a DLC $c STF $d SILO $d UKMGB $d BDX $d YDXCP $d BWX $d XII $d RCJ $d CDX $d COH $d UTO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 4 $a HF1379 $b .H844x 2012 050 4 $a HF1379 $b .H844 2012 082 04 $a 382 $2 22 100 1 $a Huberman, Michael, $d 1955- 245 1 $a Odd couple : $b international trade and labor standards in history / $c Michael Huberman. 246 30 $a International trade and labor standards in history. 260 $a New Haven [Conn.] : $b Yale University Press, $c c2012. 300 $a xii, 237 p. : $b ill ; $c 25 cm. 490 1 $a Yale series in economic and financial history. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-230) and index. 505 0 $a The virtuous circle of trade and the labor compact -- Challenge and response -- Markets and states in Old and New Worlds -- International labor standards : ideas or trade based? -- Did the labor compact reduce inequality? -- Did labor standards harm or benefit trade? -- The labor compact in the long twentieth century -- Vandervelde's gift. 520 $a "It has become commonplace to think that globalization has produced a race to the bottom in terms of labor standards and quality of life: the cheaper the labor and the lower the benefits afforded workers, the more competitively a country can participate on the global stage. But in this book the distinguished economic historian Michael Huberman demonstrates that globalization has in fact been very good for workers' quality of life, and that improved labor conditions have promoted globalization."-- Publisher. 650 0 $a International trade $x History. 650 0 $a Labor laws and legislation, International. 830 0 $a Yale series in economic and financial history. 941 $a 4 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826033607.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20150422011659.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20140715010658.0 952 $l PRAX771 $d 20130302010700.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=008709FE0D2011E2A71181E86AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search