Our Daily Bread Wages, Workers, and the Political Economy of the American West

Name: Our Daily Bread Wages, Workers, and the Political Economy of the American West
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ISBN: 9780807858318

ISBN-10: 0807858315

ISBN-13: 9780807858318

Edition: 2007

Authors: Geoff Mann

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A wage is more than a simple fee in exchange for labor, argues Geoff Mann. It is also a political arena in which working people's identity, culture, and politics are negotiated and developed. Mann examines struggles over wages to reveal ways in which the wage becomes a critical component in the making of social hierarchies of race, gender, and citizenship. Taking three wage disputes in the natural resources industry as his case studies, Mann demonstrates that wage negotiation is not simply emblematic of economic conflict over the distribution of income but also represents critical contests in the cultural politics of identity under capitalism.

Book details

List price: $32.50
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 9/3/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English

Geoff Mann is assistant professor of geography at Simon Fraser University.



Preface



The Wage, Cultural Politics, and the West



Against Equilibrium: The Politics of Measure



What's a Penny Worth?: Wages, Prices, and the American Working Man



What's in a Day's Wage?: Raced Work and the Social Production of Skill



Who Is a Wage Worker?: Worker-Producers and the Wage-Price



The Wage and Workers' Interests


Conclusion: The Wage, Our Daily Bread


Notes


Bibliography


Index