Primitive accumulation, capitalist development and socialist transition: Still waiting for godot?

Journal of Contemporary Asia

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-24

  Brass, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Class struggle; Deproletarianisation; Modern capitalism; Primitive accumulation; Unfree labour

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650247316     PISSN: 00472336     EISSN: 17527554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2011.530034     Document Type: Article

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