Contested terrain : the transformation of the workplace in the twentieth century

by Richard Edwards

Paper Book, 1979

Status

Available

Pages

ix; 261

Tags

Economics and Management

Genres

Collection

Your library

Publication

New York : Basic Books, c1979.

Description

The controversial study by a young radical economist of the transformation of the workplace-- where today impersonal bureaucracies legitimate hierarchies and enhance the employer's control over the worker.

Subjects

Industrial organization United States
Industrial sociology Case studies
Working class United States

Language

English

Original publication date

1979

Physical description

ix, 261 p.; 24 cm

ISBN

0465014127 / 9780465014125

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