Open AccessFamily and Labour in Corfu Manufacturing, 1920–1944
Author(s) -
Dimitrios Kopanas
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the historical review/the historical review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1791-7603
pISSN - 1790-3572
DOI - 10.12681/hr.20447
Subject(s) - temporality , division of labour , relation (database) , production (economics) , labour economics , child labour , work (physics) , sociology , gender studies , political science , economics , engineering , law , computer science , mechanical engineering , macroeconomics , philosophy , epistemology , database
This article concentrates on the relation between labour and family in thesecondary sector of production of Corfu. It argues that family was crucial in forming the main characteristics of the labour force. The familial division of labour according to gender and age is examined not only as a decisive determinant in the categorisation of work positions as skilled and unskilled but also as a factor that defined the temporality or permanence of labour. It also focuses on the role of local and family networks and their effect on the labour market. These questions, thoroughly discussed by labour historians, will be applied to the case of Corfu, in an effort to complete the Greek paradigm.