Our daily bread
Subtitle: wages, workers, and the political economy of the American West
By: Geoff Mann.
Series: Cultural studies of the United States
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press; University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9780807831342; 9780807858318
Subjects: Working class -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century; West (U.S.) -- Economic policy -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: The wage, cultural politics, and the West; title: Against equilibrium: the politics of measure; title: What's a penny worth?: wages, prices, and the American working man; title: What's in a day's wage?: raced work and the social production of skill; title: Who is a wage worker?: worker-producers and the wage-price; title: The wage and workers' interests; title: Conclusion: the wage, our daily bread; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.