Communal revolts and the politicization of labor -- The fabrication of the urban body politic -- The political economy of freeman status -- Corporatism, proletarianization and the patriarchal order -- Equality, solidarity and the decline of brotherhood -- Epilogue: dis/assembling the workplace...

Throughout the period 1871-1938, the average British worker was better off than the average German worker, but there were significant differences between major sectors. For the aggregate economy, the real wage gap was about the same as the labour productivity gap, but again there were important...