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Troublemakers : power, representation, and the fiction of the mass worker / William Scott.

Author/creator Scott, William, 1968-
Other author/creatorAmerican Literatures Initiative.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoNew Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press,
Descriptionx, 284 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
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Portion of title Power, representation, and the fiction of the mass worker
Series American literatures initiative
Contents Introduction -- Part one: The making of the mass worker. The powerless worker and the failure of political representation : "the lowest and most degraded of human beasts"; The empowered worker and the technological representation of capital : "out of this furnace, this metal." Part two: Strategy and structure at the point of production. The disempowering worker and the aesthetic representation of industrial unionism: "I am the book that has no end!" ; The powerful worker and the demand for economic representation: "they planned to use their flesh, their bones, as a barricade" -- Conclusion: Making trouble on a global scale.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011010861
ISBN9780813551890 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0813551897 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813551906 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0813551900 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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