Work : a deep history, from the stone age to the age of robots / James Suzman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Suzman, James, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Work--History.

Work.

History.

Genre:

History.

Instructional and educational works.

Physical Description:

x, 444 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Penguin Press, 2021.

Summary:

"A revolutionary new history of humankind through the prism of work by leading anthropologist James Suzman"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE IN THE BEGINNING

1. To Live Is To Work

2. Idle Hands And Busy Beaks

3. Tools And Skills

4. Fire's Other Gifts

pt. TWO THE PROVIDENT ENVIRONMENT

5. "The Original Affluent Society"

6. Ghosts In The Forest

pt. THREE TOILING IN THE FIELDS

7. Leaping Off The Edge

8. Feasts And Famines

9. Time Is Money

10. The First Machines

pt. FOUR CREATURES OF THE CITY

11. The Bright Lights

12. The Malady Of Infinite Aspiration

13. Top Talent

14. The Death Of A Salaryman

15. The New Disease.

Notes:

"First published in Great Britain by Bloomsbury Circus, part of the Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2020."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Suzman, James, Work

ISBN:

9780525561750

0525561757

OCLC:

1153481227