Tinker, Tailor, and Textile Worker - Class and Politics in Egypt, 1930-1952

Goldberg, Ellis

ISBN 10: 0520053532 / ISBN 13: 9780520053533

Published by University Of California Press, Berkeley, 1986

About this Item

A fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 234 pages; Subjects: Working class--Egypt--Political activity--History--20th century. Textile workers--Egypt--Political activity. Communism - Egypt. 1 Kg.

Seller Inventory # 53071

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tinker, Tailor, and Textile Worker - Class and Politics in Egypt, 1930-1952
• Publisher: University Of California Press, Berkeley
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520053532
• ISBN 13: 9780520053533
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 1 kilogram

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Synopsis

Tinker, Tailor, and Textile Worker is the first of a new generation of studies that promises to enrich the history of the Egyptian working class by situating it not only within the conceptual terrain of the best recent theoretical work on labor politics but also in an explicitly comparative perspective. Specifically, the book draws upon the analyses of shop-floor relations proposed by Michael Burawoy, authority structures within the firm advanced by Richard Edwards, and workers' efforts to cope with disadvantageous job opportunities offered by Charles Sabel in an effort to address two overarching questions: "What is the relation between work and politics and what in particular are the politics of an emerging 'working class' likely to be?"