The social drama of daily work

• Verfasst von: Schneewind, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: The social drama of daily work
• Titelzusatz: a manual for historians
• Verf.angabe: Sarah Schneewind
• Verlagsort: Amsterdam
• Verlag: Amsterdam University Press
• E-Jahr: 2024
• Jahr: [2024]
• Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (193 Seiten)
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Fussnoten: 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
• ISBN: 978-90-485-5954-1
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Schneewind, Sarah: The Social Drama of Daily Work. - Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2024. - 194 Seiten
• K10plus-PPN: 1896101461
• K10plus-PPN:
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• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext

Abstract

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