The Fictitious Commodity: A Study of the U.S. Labor Market, 1880-1940

by Ton Korver and Anthonie Korver

Covering the development of the U.S. labor market from 1880-1940, The Fictitious Commodity stresses relations of authority (versus power) in employment. Deemphasizing concepts of market and contract, Korver focuses on the differential statuses of employer/employee and demonstrates the inadequacy of conventional economic discourse on labor market analysis. U.S. companies, while undergoing rapid industrialization, tackled both organizational...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313273383
• ISBN13: 9780313273384
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.4"