An evolution laboratory of the discipline ? Social Labour History
Un laboratoire d’évolution de la discipline : l’histoire sociale du travail au Brésil
Résumé
Social Labour History, or Labour History, is considerably grown up in Brazilian History these last decades. It matches with the anglo-saxon definition “Labour History”, with the French definition “Working Class and Social History” and with the German definition “Arbeitergeschichte”. Labour History has different development in Europe, North America where it declines and in Asia, Africa and Latin America where it is active. Marcel van der Linden uses the word of “globalization” in order to qualify this new kind of historiography. The brasilian example is in this case of Social Labour History transformation. It requires to give new definitions and subjects.