Peripheral Labour: Studies in the History of Partial Proletarianization

International Review of Social History Supplements

by Shahid Amin (Editor), Marcel van der Linden (Editor)

The contributors to this volume suggest that the idea of a "pure" working class should be reconsidered and examine specific South Asian and Latin American case studies. A large part of the working class in the so-called third world and also in the main capitalist countries is either free (but coerced through noneconomic means) or does hidden work (e.g. as formally self-employed producers). By rethinking the fundamental assumptions of "classical" labor and working-class history, the volume contributes to the development of a noneurocentric historiography.

184 pages, Paperback

First published May 13, 1997