Masters of Craft: Old Jobs in the New Urban Economy

by Richard E Ocejo

Book Overview

How educated and culturally savvy young people are transforming traditionally low-status manual labor jobs into elite taste-making occupations

In today's new economy--in which "good" jobs are typically knowledge or technology based--many well-educated and culturally savvy young men are instead choosing to pursue traditionally low-status manual labor occupations as careers. Masters of Craft looks at the renaissance of four such...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691165491
• ISBN13: 9780691165493
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"