The Cultural Study of Work

by Douglas Harper and Helene M. Lawson

Book Overview

This anthology brings more than fifty years of scholarship of the culture and sociology of work into a compelling introductory and analytical text. Sociologists have long sought to understand the universal activity of work from the point of view of the worker. This book shows how common sociological themes such as socialization, social interaction, the social construction of time, and deviance are experienced in work settings as diverse as the factory,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074251918X
• ISBN13: 9780742519183
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 8.9"