Our Daily Bread: Wages, Workers, and the Political Economy of the American West

by Geoff Mann

Book Overview

A wage is more than a simple fee in exchange for labor, argues Geoff Mann. Beyond being a quantitative reflection of productivity or bargaining power, a wage is a political arena in which working people's identity, culture, and politics are negotiated and developed. In Our Daily Bread, Mann examines struggles over wages to reveal ways in which the wage becomes a critical component in the making of social hierarchies of race, gender, and citizenship.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807858315
• ISBN13: 9780807858318
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"