<DIV>Ummm, then read Sennett's The Hidden Injuries of Class, now 30 years old, but still recognizable. I think there's actually a lot to be learned from Fanshen, or even older stuff. I'm reading Thucydides now, and finding it very much on point. jks Doug Henwood <dhenwood@panix.com> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Carrol Cox wrote: >I would suggest as a tonic here the chapters in _Fanshen_ in which >Hinton details the frustration felt by the CPC group in Longbow at their >inability to get any of the peasants to stand up in an open meeting and >give evidence of the injuries they had suffered. And how is that relevant to life in the United States in 2003? Doug ___________________________________ http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><hr SIZE=1> Do you Yahoo!? <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/search/mailsig/*http://search.yahoo.com">The New Yahoo! Search</a> - Faster. Easier. Bingo.