Cheap wage labour : race and gender in the fisheries of British Columbia /

Using the fishing industry in British Columbia as a case study, Alicja Muszynski explores how Marx's labour theory of value can be applied to a specific industry and the creation of a specific labour force. She reworks Marx's theory in order to incorporate race and gender as principles tha...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Muszynski, Alicja (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal, Qué. : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1996.
Subjects:
Labor theory of value > British Columbia > Case studies.
Fishery processing industries > British Columbia > History.
Fisheries > British Columbia > History.
Discrimination in employment > British Columbia > Case studies.
Théorie de la valeur-travail > Colombie-Britannique > Études de cas.
Produits de la pêche > Traitement > Industrie > Colombie-Britannique > Histoire.
Pêches > Colombie-Britannique > Histoire.
Discrimination dans l'emploi > Colombie-Britannique > Études de cas.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Human Resources & Personnel Management.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Fisheries & Aquaculture.
Discrimination in employment
Fisheries
Fishery processing industries
Labor theory of value
Vrouwenarbeid.
Visindustrie.
British Columbia
Case studies
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Problematic
  • 1. Marx's Labour Theory of Value: A Critique
  • 2. Patriarchy and Capitalism
  • 3. The First Nations, Property Rights, and Salmon Canning
  • 4. The Dialectics of Cheap Wage Labour
  • 5. Organized Resistance: The United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union
  • 6. State, Labour, and Capital
  • 7. Conclusion: Marx's Labour Theory of Value Reconsidered
  • Appendix: J.H. Todd & Sons Ltd.

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