ABSTRACT
The groups may assume the most varied forms of organization according to their size, that is as they include few or many individuals and according to the nature of their union. The whole self-sufficing organization providing for its own wants is an economic continuation of the smaller family household. It has been developed from it by the enrolling of unfree differentiated labour, and soon brings in a new form of the organization of labour which is of great importance in its history. In Africa, as in Polynesia, this is the most important form of organization. The chapter considers the development of the organization of labour among the Greeks and Romans. Civilization had made great progress, yet the family home life was the most important element in the organization of labour, for, most objects in daily use were provided by home labour. In addition to handicraft, another form of organization of labour was established in the towns.
