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?Labor markets and employment contracts can be studied from diverse academic perspectives. Although this study is primarily economic in orientation, it also uses a historical approach to analyze employment relationships in the US. Kover focuses on the period between the late 19th century and the New Deal era and describes the way in which labor markets were constructed by the interplay of employers, employees, and the state. Labor, the author contends, cannot properly be understood either as a 'commodity' or as a form of property. To the extent that American workers possessed discretionary mobility, or a meaningful opportunity to 'exit' employment, they were able to evade the authority inherent in a wage-dependent relationship. The legislative agenda of the New Deal, however, 'recognized labor for what it was: neither a collective commodity nor a regular, private one.' Accordingly, the state conferred on employees protections against unemployment while maintaining the fiction of private contracts and viable labor markets. By emphasizing the unique nature of employment and its historical context, the author underscores the importance of employer strategies in creating and manipulating the availability of work. Suitable for advanced students and faculty.?-Choice Labor markets and employment contracts can be studied from diverse academic perspectives. Although this study is primarily economic in orientation, it also uses a historical approach to analyze employment relationships in the US. Kover focuses on the period between the late 19th century and the New Deal era and describes the way in which labor markets were constructed by the interplay of employers, employees, and the state. Labor, the author contends, cannot properly be understood either as a 'commodity' or as a form of property. To the extent that American workers possessed discretionary mobility, or a meaningful opportunity to 'exit' employment, they were able to evade the authority inherent in a wage-dependent relationship. The legislative agenda of the New Deal, however, 'recognized labor for what it was: neither a collective commodity nor a regular, private one.' Accordingly, the state conferred on employees protections against unemployment while maintaining the fiction of private contracts and viable labor markets. By emphasizing the unique nature of employment and its historical context, the author underscores the importance of employer strategies in creating and manipulating the availability of work. Suitable for advanced students and faculty. -Choice

?Labor markets and employment contracts can be studied from diverse academic perspectives. Although this study is primarily economic in orientation, it also uses a historical approach to analyze employment relationships in the US. Kover focuses on the period between the late 19th century and the New Deal era and describes the way in which labor markets were constructed by the interplay of employers, employees, and the state. Labor, the author contends, cannot properly be understood either as a 'commodity' or as a form of property. To the extent that American workers possessed discretionary mobility, or a meaningful opportunity to 'exit' employment, they were able to evade the authority inherent in a wage-dependent relationship. The legislative agenda of the New Deal, however, 'recognized labor for what it was: neither a collective commodity nor a regular, private one.' Accordingly, the state conferred on employees protections against unemployment while maintaining the fiction of private contracts and viable labor markets. By emphasizing the unique nature of employment and its historical context, the author underscores the importance of employer strategies in creating and manipulating the availability of work. Suitable for advanced students and faculty.?-Choice

Labor markets and employment contracts can be studied from diverse academic perspectives. Although this study is primarily economic in orientation, it also uses a historical approach to analyze employment relationships in the US. Kover focuses on the period between the late 19th century and the New Deal era and describes the way in which labor markets were constructed by the interplay of employers, employees, and the state. Labor, the author contends, cannot properly be understood either as a 'commodity' or as a form of property. To the extent that American workers possessed discretionary mobility, or a meaningful opportunity to 'exit' employment, they were able to evade the authority inherent in a wage-dependent relationship. The legislative agenda of the New Deal, however, 'recognized labor for what it was: neither a collective commodity nor a regular, private one.' Accordingly, the state conferred on employees protections against unemployment while maintaining the fiction of private contracts and viable labor markets. By emphasizing the unique nature of employment and its historical context, the author underscores the importance of employer strategies in creating and manipulating the availability of work. Suitable for advanced students and faculty. -Choice ?Labor markets and employment contracts can be studied from diverse academic perspectives. Although this study is primarily economic in orientation, it also uses a historical approach to analyze employment relationships in the US. Kover focuses on the period between the late 19th century and the New Deal era and describes the way in which labor markets were constructed by the interplay of employers, employees, and the state. Labor, the author contends, cannot properly be understood either as a 'commodity' or as a form of property. To the extent that American workers possessed discretionary mobility, or a meaningful opportunity to 'exit' employment, they were able to evade the authority inherent in a wage-dependent relationship. The legislative agenda of the New Deal, however, 'recognized labor for what it was: neither a collective commodity nor a regular, private one.' Accordingly, the state conferred on employees protections against unemployment while maintaining the fiction of private contracts and viable labor markets. By emphasizing the unique nature of employment and its historical context, the author underscores the importance of employer strategies in creating and manipulating the availability of work. Suitable for advanced students and faculty.?-Choice

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TON KORVER is a Lecturer at the University of Amsterdam. He has published widely in Dutch professional journals, and he is currently working on The Concept of Equality, a study of equal opportunity and affirmative action in the Netherlands and the United States.

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