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How to Read Marx's Capital by Stephen Shapiro (2008, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPluto Press

ISBN-100745325610

ISBN-139780745325613

eBay Product ID (ePID)63846128

Product Key Features

Number of Pages192 Pages

Publication NameHow to Read Marx's Capital

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2008

SubjectHistory & Theory, Economics / Theory

TypeTextbook

AuthorStephen Shapiro

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Business & Economics

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight6.7 Oz

Item Length6.9 in

Item Width5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2008-298242

Dewey Edition22

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal335.41

Table Of ContentPreface Acknowledgements Part One: Commodities and Money 1. The Commodity 2. The Process of Exchange 3. Money, or the Circulation of Commodities Part Two: The Transformation of Money into Capital 4. The General Formula for Capital 5. Contradictions in the General Formula 6. The Sale and Purchase of Labour-power Part Three: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value 7. The Labour Process and the Valorisation Process 8. Constant Capital and Variable Capital 9. The Rate of Surplus-Value 10. The Working Day 11. The Rate and Mass of Surplus-Value Part Four: The Production of Relative Surplus-Value 12. The Concept of Relative Surplus-Value 13. Co-operation 14. The Division of Labour and Manufacture 15. Machinery and Large-Scale Industry Part Five: The Production of Absolute and Relative Surplus-Value 16. Absolute and Relative Surplus-Value 17. Changes of Magnitude in the Price of Labour-power and in Surplus-value 18: Different Formulae for the Rate of Surplus-Value Part Six: Wages 19. The Transformation of the Value (and Respectively the Price) of Labour-power into Wages 20. Time-Wages 21. Piece Wages 22. National Differences in Wages Part Seven: The Process of Accumulation of Capital 23. Simple Reproduction 24. The Transformation of Surplus-Value into Capital 25. The General Law of Capitalist Accumulation Part Eight: So-Called Primitive ["Originating"] Accumulation 26. The Secret of Primitive Accumulation 27. The Expropriation of the Agricultural Population from the Land 28. Bloody Legislation Against the Expropriated Since the End of the Fifteenth Century. The Forcing Down of Wages by Act of Parliament 29. The Genesis of the Capitalist Farmer 30. Impact of the Agricultural Revolution on Industry. The Creation of a Home Market for Industrial Capital 31. The Genesis of the Industrial Capitalist 32. The Historical Tendency of Capitalist Accumulation 33. The Modern Theory of Colonisation Suggestions for Further Reading Index

SynopsisClear and comprehensive guide to one of Marx's greatest works, Capital, written in a highly accessible style., Capital Volume I is essential reading on many undergraduate courses, but the structure and style of the book can be confusing for students, leading them to abandon the text. This book is a clear guide to reading Marx's classic text, which explains the reasoning behind the book's structure and provides help with the more technical aspects that non-economists may find taxing. Students are urged to think for themselves and engage with Marx's powerful methods of argument and explanation. Shapiro shows that Capital is key to understanding critical theory and cultural production. This highly focused book will prove invaluable to students of politics, cultural studies and literary theory., "Das Capital" Volume 1 is essential reading on many undergraduate courses, but the structure and style of the book can be confusing for students, leading them to abandon the text. This book is a clear guide to reading Marx's classic text, which explains the reasoning behind the book's structure and provides help with the more technical aspects that non-economists may find taxing. Students are urged to think for themselves and engage with Marx's powerful methods of argument and explanation. Shapiro shows that "Capital" is key to understanding critical theory and cultural production. This highly focused book will prove invaluable to students of politics, cultural studies, and literary theory.

LC Classification NumberHB501.M5S44 2008