{"product_id":"patriarchy-and-accumulation-on-a-world-scale-by-maria-mies-9781350348189","title":"Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is my thesis that this general production of life, or subsistence production—mainly performed through the non-wage labour of women and other non-wage labourers as slaves, contract workers, and peasants in the colonies—constitutes the perennial basis upon which \"capitalist productive labour\" can be built up and exploited.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1986, Maria Mies’s progressive book, \u003cem\u003ePatriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale\u003c\/em\u003e, was hailed as a major paradigm shift for feminist theory, and it remains a significant contribution to development theory and practice today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTracing the social origins of the sexual division of labour, it offers a history of the related processes of colonisation and 'housewifization' and extends this analysis to the contemporary new international division of labour. Mies's theory of capitalist patriarchy has become even more relevant today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis new edition includes a substantial new introduction in which she both applies her theory to the new globalised world and answers her critics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47558978633964,"sku":"9781350348189","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781350348189-patriarchy-and-accumulation-on-a-world-scale.jpg?v=1776925138","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/patriarchy-and-accumulation-on-a-world-scale-by-maria-mies-9781350348189","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}