Harker had, unfortunately, too political an axe to grind ~~ the authentic proletariat being exploited & ripped off by the bourgeoisie. Pity the Open Univ Press should have been taken over from the off by such very doctrinaire elements. Dave H had some good points to make, but I couldn't find his overall thesis entirely convincing, possibly being put off from the start by that smartarsely tendentious title of his. I recall ending my review of his book for The Times, "Two cheers from the ranks of Tuscany".

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