The Social Drama of Daily Work : A Manual for Historians.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schneewind, Sarah.

Language:

English

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2024.

Language Note:

In English.

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction

I. Technique and Object of Technique

II. The Players in the Social Drama of Work

III. Dirty Work

IV. The Path into the Occupation

V. Self-Regulation and Public Relations (Code and Policy)

VI. Social Authority (License and Mandate)

VII. Technique and Danger (Guilty Knowledge)

VIII. Mistakes at Work

IX. Pace and Discipline

X. The Family Workshop

XI. Conclusion

Index

Notes:

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

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ISBN:

1-04-077978-6

1-003-70773-4

1-04-079530-7

90-485-5954-5

9781003707738

OCLC:

1442038522