Labor Relations in Ancient Egypt — Part II
Afterlives of Ancient Egypt with Kara Cooney · Kara Cooney and Jordan Galczynski
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Show Notes
EPISODE 71 | With the growing number of labor disputes and strikes around the world, Kara and Jordan delve into how labor was organized and issues were settled in ancient Egypt. This is part two of a two-part episode. Listen to Part I here.
Also read Jordan’s companion post to this episode, Fashion and Hidden Labor in the Ancient World.
Sources:
* Papyrus Stories- The First Recorded Strike in History
* Edgerton, William F. “The Strikes in Ramses III’s Twenty-Ninth Year.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies, vol. 10, no. 3, 1951, pp. 137–45. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/542285. Accessed 11 Dec. 2023.
* Wente, Edward F. “A Letter of Complaint to the Vizier To.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies, vol. 20, no. 4, 1961, pp. 252–57. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/543915. Accessed 11 Dec. 2023.
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