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Record ID marc_loc_updates/v36.i04.records.utf8:15391318:1721
Source Library of Congress
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LEADER: 01721cam a22003138a 4500
001 2007001852
003 DLC
005 20080125083216.0
008 070118s2008 inu b 001 0deng
010 $a 2007001852
020 $a9781557534545 (alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aHD4904$b.W488 2008
082 00 $a331.01$222
245 00 $aWhy work? :$bthe perceptions of "a real job" and the rhetoric of work through the ages /$cRobin Patric Clair.
246 30 $aPerceptions of "a real job"
246 30 $aRhetoric of work through the ages
260 $aWest Lafayette, Ind. :$bPurdue University Press,$cc2008.
263 $a0801
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe ontology and history of work: The messy business of defining work; The philosophy and rhetoric of work -- Philosophers, rhetoricians, and activists: Plato and Aristotle: a philosophy of labor; Confucius and St. Benedict; Adam Smith: the father of capitalism; Karl Marx: a challenge to capitalism; Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. du Bois: out of slavery; Mother Jones and Emma Goldman: labor activists; Emile Durkheim: the division of labor; Max Weber: the father of sociology and theorist of bureaucracy; Frederick Winslow Taylor: the father of scientific management; Mary Parker Follett: ahead of her time -- Why work? -- Why work: concluding remarks -- Why work: an epilogue.
650 0 $aWork$xPhilosophy.
650 0 $aWork$xHistory.
650 0 $aLabor$xPhilosophy.
650 0 $aManagement$xHistory.
650 0 $aRhetoric$xSocial aspects.
700 1 $aClair, Robin Patric.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip078/2007001852.html