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Sex workers in colonial Senegal were policed by France – book explores a racist history

Desiring Whiteness is an award-winning book by historian Caroline Séquin. It explores the intertwined histories of commercial sex work and racial politics in France and the French colonial empire, ...
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Colonial migrants at the heart of empire Puerto Rican workers on U.S. farms Ismael García-Colón

Introduction -- The making of colonial migrant farmworkers -- Establishing the Farm Labor Program -- Implementing contract migration -- Pa'lla afuera and the life experiences of migrants -- Labor ...
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Keystone of democracy : a history of Pennsylvania workers / Howard Harris, editor ; Perry K. Blatz, associate editor ; Ronald L. Fillippeli ... [et al.]

Colonial work, colonial workers / Ronald L. Filippelli -- Printing / Ronald L. Filippelli -- An industrial giant takes shape, 1800-1872 / Ken Fones-Wolf -- The battle of Clearfield Creek / Howard ...
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Africa is losing health workers when it can least afford to – a pattern rooted in colonial history

Africa has a challenge to retain the health workers it needs. The World Health Organization estimates a global shortfall of 11 million health workers by 2030, with Africa predicted to face shortages ...