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 1 1. Intoductory
2. Primitive African Society
3 and 4. Foreign Influences
5. The Fall of Slavery
6. The Incentive to Wage-Earning
7. Forced Labour
8. Alternatives to Wage-Earning
9. Methods of Recruiting
10. Conditions of Recruiting
11. The Contract
12. The Value of the Contract
13. The Identification of the Worker
14. Penal Sanctions
15. The Workman and the Law
16. Living Conditions and Their Effect
17. Moral Effects of Wage-Earning
18. Women and Child Workers
19. The Wage-Earner and the Land
20. Labour and International Relations
21. Some Aspects of Investigation
Part 2. Summary of Legislation. List of African Countries Dealt with in the following summary of legislation. The Belgian Congo. British Colonies, Protectorates and Mandated Territories. French Colonies. Italian Somaliland and Eritrea. Liberia. Portuguese Colonies. Spanish Colonies.
Part 3: International Draft Conventions
Biography
G. St. J Orde-Browne