A worker in a worker's state
piece-rates in Hungary
by Miklós Haraszti
"The manuscript of A worker in a worker's state was seized in Budapest and its young marxist author, a promising Hungarian poet, was brought to trial for writing it. The People's Court found that the manuscript was 'liable to provoke hatred of the state'. Haraszti himself was fined and given a suspended sentence for 'grave incitement'. This book is a literary event as well as a pioneering report on industrial conditions in a typical East European factory. The different voices of personal experience, objective analysis and reported speech are woven together to create a convincing, gripping account ..."--Back cover.
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Factory system, Metal-workers, Piecework, Piece-work, Labor, europe, Hungary, economic conditionsPlaces
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A worker in a worker's state: piece-rates in Hungary
1977, Penguin
in English
0140219889 9780140219883
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German translation has title: Stücklohn.
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