\'It is my thesis that this general production of life, or subsistence production - mainly performed through the non-wage Labour of Women and other non-wage labourers as slaves, contract workers and peasants in the colonies - constitutes the perennial basis upon which \'capitalist productive labour\' can be built up and exploited.\' First published in 1986, Maria Mies\'s progressive book was hailed as a major paradigm shift for feminist theory, and it remains a major contribution to development. \'It is my thesis that this general production of life, or subsistence production - mainly performed through the non-wage Labour of Women and other non-wage labourers as slaves, contract workers and peasants in the colonies - constitutes the perennial basis upon which \'capitalist productive labour\' can be built up and exploited.\' First published in 1986, Maria Mies\'s progressive book was hailed as a major paradigm shift for feminist theory, and it remains a major contribution to development
