ILRLR 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter N/A: Labour Power, Boston Manufacturing Company, Embargo Act Of 1807
27 Jun 2016
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The population of people working for wages in manufacturing, construction, and transportation was equivalent to the us population in 1790. Needed to support families with one income - harder when only income is low and cash. Housewives" unpaid labor in the house was as valuable as husbands" paid labor at a job. Marx believed everything consumed needed to be bought with money in his definition of subsistence. Housework had a value without having a price. As per feme covert, the value of a woman"s work (labor, cash, etc. ) belonged to her husband. Because they owned the entire labor pool, husbands were seen as the entire labor pool. Women scavenged for goods as a means for subsistence, which sometimes escalated into theft; when a pair of shoes was stolen, [s]he assigned her great destitution as the sole cause of the theft . Friendly relations amongst neighbors was a must due to the potential benefits of aid during hard times.
