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1 online resource (194 pages) illustrations |
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"Amsterdam University Press" |
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Preface Introduction Chapter One: Technique and the Object of Technique Chapter Two: The Players in the Social Drama of Work Chapter Three: Dirty Work Chapter Four: The Path into the Occupation Chapter Five: Self-Regulation and Public Relations (Code and Policy) Chapter Six: Social Authority (License and Mandate) Chapter Seven: Technique and Danger (Guilty Knowledge) Chapter Eight: Mistakes at Work Chapter Nine: Pace and Discipline Chapter Ten: The Family Workshop Conclusion |
| Summary |
Part manifesto, part manual, this book offers historians of all levels both subject and approach. The subject is work. In every place-time people made and sold objects - and struggled with annoying customers or government regulation. They healed clients - and wanted to bolster their prestige and keep out interlopers. Studying work allows historians to delve into the experiences of non-elite groups using texts, images, or objects. The wide-ranging approach is based on the Chicago-school sociology of occupations, which starts from the premise that work isn't just a job: it's a drama created by people making decisions that shape and are shaped by their place-time. Packed with examples from Ming Chinese apothecaries to twentieth-century New York City doormen, this book is a must for those who want to enliven their study of the past by examining how people spent most of their days and lives: at work. |
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Vendor-supplied metadata. |
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Commerce -- History.
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Labor -- History.
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Commerce -- Histoire.
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Travail -- Histoire.
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General and world history.
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Sociology: work and labour.
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HISTORY / General.
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HISTORY / Social History.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
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Sociology: work and labour.
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General and world history.
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Social and cultural history.
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| Indexed Term |
Amsterdam University Press |
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AUP |
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History, Art History, and Archaeology |
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HIS |
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Cultural Studies |
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CULTURAL |
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Diachronic |
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Economics and Finance |
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ECON & FIN |
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Sociology and Social History |
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SOC & HIS |
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AUP Wetenschappelijk |
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AUP WETENSCH |
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ordinary life, work, sociology of occupations, history, ordinary people |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9789048559534 |
| ISBN |
9048559545 (electronic bk.) |
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9789048559541 (electronic bk.) |
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AU@ 000077333192 |
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