ABSTRACT
escribing the garment industry around Modena, for example, Brusco noted that half the large firms manufactured only the samples they needed for promotional purposes, and were otherwise engaged only in packaging finished products. The bulk of production took place in three formats: small enterprises working for their own account, small enterprises subcontracted to these larger ones and - the vast majority - homeworkers. In the face of conditions such as these, it appeared that the sociology of capitalist work had become increasingly narrow over the course of Western industrialization, excluding more and more elements of people’s lives as relevant for social reproduction. In the face of conditions such as these, it appeared that the sociology of capitalist work had become increasingly narrow over the course of Western industrialization, excluding more and more elements of people’s lives as relevant for social reproduction.
