▁of ▁ 1 9 4 9 - 1 9 5 0 , ▁where ▁Dun ay ev sk aya ▁pointed ▁out ▁that ▁instead ▁of ▁merely ▁demand ing ▁higher ▁w ages , ▁the ▁workers ▁were ▁asking ▁questions ▁such ▁as , ▁" What ▁kind ▁of ▁labor ▁should ▁man ▁do ?" ▁and ▁" Why ▁should ▁there ▁be ▁such ▁a ▁g ulf ▁between ▁thinking ▁and ▁doing ?" ▁She ▁based ▁the ▁book ' s ▁structure ▁on ▁her ▁view ▁that ▁history ▁and ▁theory ▁em an ate ▁from ▁the ▁movement ▁from ▁practice . ▁ ▁The ▁book ▁aim ed ▁to ▁" est ab lish ▁the ▁theory ▁of ▁Marx ism ▁on ▁native ▁grounds ". ▁The ▁Mont gom ery ▁Bus ▁Bo yc ott , ▁the ▁abol ition ist ▁movement , ▁the ▁American ▁Civil ▁War , ▁and ▁the ▁fight ▁for ▁the ▁eight - hour ▁day ▁by ▁American ▁workers ▁were ▁seen ▁by ▁her ▁as ▁revolution ary ▁American ▁strugg les ▁which ▁provided ▁fert ile ▁ground ▁for ▁the ▁Human ism ▁of ▁Karl ▁Marx . ▁Dun ay ev sk aya ▁analyz ed ▁the ▁latter ▁strugg les ▁as ▁making ▁" histor ic ▁contributions " ▁to ▁Marx ' s ▁thinking , ▁especially ▁in ▁the ▁structure ▁and ▁content ▁of ▁his ▁major ▁theoretical ▁work ▁Capital . ▁The ▁new ▁stage ▁of ▁Autom ation ▁in ▁production — wh ether ▁in ▁the ▁mines ▁with ▁the ▁" continu ous ▁min er " ▁( a ▁machine ▁the ▁min ers ▁called ▁a ▁" m ank iller ") ▁or ▁in ▁the ▁auto ▁sh ops — with ▁its ▁consequ ent ▁speed - up , ▁was ▁also ▁seen ▁by ▁Dun ay ev