Part 3: The Production of Absolute Surplus Value .................................................................. 93
Chapter 7: The Labour-Process and the Process of Producing Surplus Value .......................... 93
Section 1: The Labour-Process or the Production of Use-Values ......................................... 93
Section 2: The Production of Surplus Value ......................................................................... 97
Chapter 8: Constant Capital and Variable Capital ................................................................... 104
Chapter 9: The Rate of Surplus value ..................................................................................... 110
Section 1: The Degree of Exploitation of Labour-Power .................................................... 110
Section 2: The Representation of the Components of the Value of the Product by
Corresponding Proportional Parts of the Product Itself ....................................................... 114
Section 3: Senior’s “Last Hour” .......................................................................................... 116
Section 4: Surplus-Produce ................................................................................................. 118
Chapter 10: The Working day ................................................................................................. 119
Section 1: The Limits of the Working day .......................................................................... 119
Section 2: The Greed for Surplus-Labor, Manufacturer and Boyard ................................... 121
Section 3: Branches of English Industry Without Legal Limits to Exploitation .................. 124
Section 4: Day and Night Work. The Relay System ........................................................... 131
Section 5: The Struggle for a Normal Working Day. Compulsory Laws for the Extension of
the Working Day from the Middle of the 14th to the End of the 17th Century .................. 134
Section 6: The Struggle for a Normal Working Day. Compulsory Limitation by Law of the
Working-Time. English Factory Acts, 1833 ...................................................................... 140
Section 7: The Struggle for a Normal Working Day. Reaction of the English Factory Acts
on Other Countries .............................................................................................................. 149
Chapter 11: Rate and Mass of Surplus Value .......................................................................... 152