Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- CONTENTS -- TABLES AND FIGURES -- Figures -- Dedication -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Part One TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND LABOUR UTILISATION IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE -- Chapter 1 THE LABOUR PROCESS IN THE HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT -- Chapter 2 TECHNOLOGY RELATED PATTERNS OF LABOUR UTILISATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- Part Two TECHNOLOGY AND LABOUR IN BRAZILIAN INDUSTRY -- Chapter 3 THE APPROACH -- Chapter 4 THE COTTON SPINNING AND WEAVING INDUSTRY -- Chapter 5 THE CHEMICAL FIBRE INDUSTRY -- Chapter 6 THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY -- Chapter 7 THE HAMMOCK INDUSTRY -- Chapter 8 THE SPINNING AND WEAVING INDUSTRY CONTINUED -- Part Three TOWARDS AN UNDERSTANDING OF INDUSTRIAL LABOUR PROCESSES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- Chapter 9 CLASSIFYING TECHNOLOGIES -- Chapter 10 PUTTING OUT -- PAST OR PRESENT? -- Chapter 11 SKILLS AND CONTROL -- Chapter 12 LABOUR TURNOVER, WAGES AND RELIABILITY -- Chapter 13 SOME POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- Chapter 14 THE FUTURE WITH MICRO-ELECTRONICS -- ANNEX -- BIBLIOGRAPHY