Peripheral Labour: Studies in the History of Partial Proletarianization (International Review of Social History Supplements, Series Number 4) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521589002 ISBN 13: 9780521589000

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1997

Synopsis

The contributors to this volume suggest that the idea of a "pure" working class should be reconsidered and examine specific South Asian and Latin American case studies. A large part of the working class in the so-called third world and also in the main capitalist countries is either free (but coerced through noneconomic means) or does hidden work (e.g. as formally self-employed producers). By rethinking the fundamental assumptions of "classical" labor and working-class history, the volume contributes to the development of a noneurocentric historiography.

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Book Description

This volume takes a fresh look at the notion of 'wage-workers'. The contributors suggest that the idea of a 'pure' working class should be reconsidered and examine specific South Asian and Latin American case studies. A large part of the working class in the so-called third world and also in the main capitalist countries is either free (but coerced through non-economic means) or does hidden work labour e.g. as formally self-employed producers. By rethinking the fundamental assumptions of 'classical' labour and working-class history, the volume contributes to the development of a non-eurocentric historiography.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521589002
• ISBN 13: 9780521589000
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 184
• Editor: Amin Shahid, Van Der Linden Marcel