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Working people talk about what they do all day and how they feel about what they do

Consisting of over one hundred interviews conducted with everyone from gravediggers to studio heads, this book provides a snapshot of people's feelings about their working lives, as well as a look at how work fits into American life.

Main Author: Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : New Press, Ã1974.
Subjects:
Working class > United States > Interviews.
Working class > United States > Attitudes.
Work > Psychological aspects.
Table of Contents:
  • Working the land
  • Communications
  • A pecking order
  • The commercial
  • Cleaning up
  • Watching
  • The demon lover: the making ; the driving ; the parking ; the selling
  • Appearance
  • Counting
  • Footwork
  • Just a housewife
  • The quiet life
  • Brokers
  • Bureaucracy
  • Organizer
  • The sporting life
  • In charge
  • Ma and Pa Courage
  • Reflections on idleness and retirement
  • The age of Charlie Blossom
  • Cradle to the grave
  • The quiz kid and the carpenter
  • In search of a calling
  • Second chance
  • Fathers and sons.

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