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Connexions: Work
Ward, Colin
Publisher: Penguin, United KingdomYear Published: 1972 Pages: 64pp ISBN: 0-14-08-0636-9 Resource Type: Book Ward asks what do we want out of work? A fair wage or satisfaction as well? Do many of the methods employers use to try and make labour less tediou like automation -- actually create more problems? Abstract: - Table of Contents Is it Natural? Part I. Starting Work 1. Child's Play 2. Working Children 3. Choosing a Job for Billy Casper 4. The Initiation Part II. The Reality of Work 5. The Splendour of Work 6. Where Did the Glory Go? 7. End of the Protestant Ethic 8. A Woman's Work is Not Much Fun 9. Down Tools! Part III. Living Without Work 10. Ginger Mills 11. On the Dole Part IV. The Future of Work 12. Paying Men Not to Work 13. Shopping Around Swapping Around 14. Short Hours / Long Leisure 15. Abolishing the Difference Between Work and Leisure 16. Doing Your Own Thing 17. But Suppose the Workers Took Over? 18. Face to Face with Ourselves Subject Headings |