Labor and monopoly capital : the degradation of work in the twentieth century / Harry Braverman ; foreword by Paul M. Sweezy ; new introduction by John Bellamy Foster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Braverman, Harry.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor--History--20th century.

Labor.

Capitalism--History--20th century.

Capitalism.

History.

Division of labor--History--20th century.

Division of labor.

Machinery in the workplace--History--20th century.

Machinery in the workplace.

Industrial management--History--20th century.

Industrial management.

Working class--History--20th century.

Working class.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 338 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

Twenty-fifth anniversary edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Monthly Review Press, [1998]

Summary:

This widely acclaimed book, first published in 1974, was a classic from its first day in print. Written in a direct, inviting way by Harry Braverman, whose years as an industrial worker gave him rich personal insight into work, Labor and Monopoly Capital overturned the reigning ideologies of academic sociology.

This new edition features an introduction by John Bellamy Foster that sets the work in historical and theoretical context, as well as two rare articles by Braverman, "The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth Century" (1975) and "Two Comments" (1976), that add much to our understanding of the book.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0853459401

OCLC:

40061343