Talking about Machines: The Emergence of an Independent Women's Movement in America, 1848-1869

by Julian E. Orr

Book Overview

This is a story of how work gets done. It is also a study of how field service technicians talk about their work and how that talk is instrumental in their success. In his innovative ethnography, Julian E. Orr studies the people who repair photocopiers and shares vignettes from their daily lives. He characterizes their work as a continuous highly skilled improvisation within a triangular relationship of technician, customer, and machine. The work...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801483905
• ISBN13: 9780801483905
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: ILR Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher