Labor and Monopoly Capital The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth Century

Name: Labor and Monopoly Capital The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth Century
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ISBN: 9780853459408

ISBN-10: 0853459401

ISBN-13: 9780853459408

Edition: 25th 1999

Authors: Harry Braverman

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First published in 1974, this book is now the foundation text for many basic areas of scholarly inquiry, including the science of managerial control, and the eradication of skill from work under capitalism.

Book details

List price: $19.00
Edition: 25th
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Monthly Review Press
Publication date: 12/1/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 465
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English



New Introduction



Foreword



Introduction



Labor and Labor Power



The Origins of Management



The Division of Labor



Scientific Management



The Primary Effects of Scientific Management



The Habituation of the Worker to the Capitalist Mode of Production



The Scientific-Technical Revolution



The Scientific-Technical Revolution and the Worker



Machinery



Further Effects of Management and Technology on the Distribution of Labor



Surplus Value and Surplus Labor



The Modern Corporation



The Universal Market



The Role of the State



Clerical Workers



Service Occupations and Retail Trade



The Structure of the Working Class and Its Reserve Armies



The "Middle Layers" of Employment



Productive and Unproductive Labor



A Final Note on Skill


App. 1: Two Comments



The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth Century


Index