A Marxist History of the World part 55: The Making of the Working Class

http://www.counterfire.org/index.php/articles/a-marxist-history-of-the-world/15363-a-marxist-history-of-the-world-part-55-the-making-of-the-working-class
Date Written:  2011-12-26
Publisher:  Counterfire
Year Published:  2011
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX14360

The development of capitalism entails two complementary processes. The first, explored in MHW 54, is competitive capital accumulation. The second, explored here, is the making – and continual re-making – of the working class.

Subject Headings

• Capital Accumulation
• Capitalism/History of
• Class Conflict/Class Struggle
• Land Ownership
• Proletariat
• Workers' History
• Working Class