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Shop class as soulcraft : an inquiry into the value of work / Matthew B. Crawford.

Summary:

A philosopher and mechanic extolls the virtues of manual labor, describing how the satisfactions and challenges of creating with one's own hands promotes a sense of connection to life that office work suppresses.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0143117467
  • ISBN: 9780143117469
  • Physical Description: 246 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-238) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
A brief case for the useful arts -- The separation of thinking from doing -- To be master of one's own stuff -- The education of a gearhead -- The further education of a gearhead : from amateur to professional -- The contradictions of the cubicle -- Thinking as doing -- Work, leisure, and full engagement.
Subject: Job satisfaction.
Manual work.
Work.

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  • 4 of 4 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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