Towards a Comparative Political Economy of Unfree Labour: Case Studies and Debates / Edition 1

Towards a Comparative Political Economy of Unfree Labour: Case Studies and Debates / Edition 1

by Dr Tom Brass, Tom Brass
ISBN-10:
0714644986
ISBN-13:
9780714644981
Pub. Date:
09/29/1999
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
ISBN-10:
0714644986
ISBN-13:
9780714644981
Pub. Date:
09/29/1999
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
Towards a Comparative Political Economy of Unfree Labour: Case Studies and Debates / Edition 1

Towards a Comparative Political Economy of Unfree Labour: Case Studies and Debates / Edition 1

by Dr Tom Brass, Tom Brass
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Overview

Many works about agragarian change in the Third World assumes that unfree relations are to be eliminated in the course of capitalist development. This text argues that the incidence of bonded labour is greater than supposed, and that in certain situations rural employers prefer an unfree workforce.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780714644981
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 09/29/1999
Series: Library of Peasant Studies , #16
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 360
Product dimensions: 5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Brass, Dr Tom; Brass, Tom

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