Richard Biernacki. The Fabrication of Labor.

Contents

1 – Introduction

PART ONE

The Cultural Structure of the Workplace

2 – Concepts and Practices of Labor

3 – The Control of Time and Space

4 – The Cultural Location of Overlookers

PART TWO

Pathways to the Definition of Labor as a Commodity

5 – The Disjoint Recognition of Markets in Britain

6 – The Fused and Uneven Recognition of Markets in Germany

7 – A Conjunctural Model of Labor’s Emergence in Words and Institutions

PART THREE

The Structure of the Workers’ Countersigns

8 – The Monetization of Time

9 – Theories of Exploitation in the Workers’ Movements

10 – The Guiding Forms of Collective Action

11 – Conclusion: Under the Aegis of Culture