Class Structure: A Critical PerspectiveA sociology textbook from a Marxist perspective. The author discusses the origins of class inequality, the role of econonomic surplus in societal organization, serfdom and enslavement, the reproduction of class relations and the consequences of class inequality for all of humanity. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF CLASS INEQUALITY | 8 |
THE CLASS STRUCTURE OF ADVANCED CAPITALISM | 76 |
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