A General Theory of Exploitation and Class

John E. Roemer

A General Theory
of Exploitation and Class

Harvard University Press

Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London, England
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Roemer, John E.
A general theory of exploitation and class.
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. Marxian economics. 2. Historical materialism.
3. Social classes. 4. Communist countries—Economic conditions.
5. Communist countries—Social conditions. I. Title.
HB97.5.R6163 305.5 81-13329
ISBN 0-674-34440-5 AACR2
To Carla
and to the memory of my grandmother
Sarah Rostow Rosenbaum -
two women for whom these matters
are, and were always, more than academic