Ecclesiastical responses to the fifteenth-century recession -- Path dependency on the eclesiastical estates in the sixteenth century -- The great lay landowners -- The fortunes of the gentry -- The influx of 'new' wealth -- The rise of the church leaseholder -- Diverging experiences: yeomen and...

Children and labor power in precolonial Zimbabwe -- Struggles over African childhood: child and adolescent labor, 1890-1920s -- The crisis of control and the Native Juveniles Employment Act of 1926 -- "Earn while you learn": farm schools, labor stabilization, and the reconstruction of African...