Working Knowledge: Skill and Community in a Small Shop

by Douglas Harper

Book Overview

A number of years ago, Douglas Harper moved to northern New York to teach in a small college. Upon his arrival there his department chairman noted his eight-year-old Saab and said, "You'll be meeting Willie." Haper spent the next years establishing not only a working relationship but a friendship with Willie. In Working Knowledge, he introduces us to Willie, a mechanic and jack-of-all-trades. With this engaging and insightful profile--part...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226316882
• ISBN13: 9780226316888
• Release Date: July 1987
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.3" x 10.3"