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LEADER: 02012cam a2200349 a 4500
001 2007001852
003 DLC
005 20080505084247.0
008 070118s2008 inu b 001 0deng
010 $a 2007001852
020 $a9781557534545 (alk. paper)
020 $a1557534543 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm79256775
035 $a(OCoLC)79256775
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBAKER$dBTCTA$dYDXCP$dC#P$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 ... [et al].
246 30 $aPerceptions of a "real job"
246 30 $aRhetoric of work through the ages
260 $aWest Lafayette, Ind. :$bPurdue University Press,$cc2008.
300 $axv, 196 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 177-189) and index.
505 0 $aThe ontology and history of work. The messy business of defining work; Philosophy and rhetoric of work -- Philosophers, rhetoricians, and activists. Plato and Aristotle: philosophies of labor; Confucius and St. Benedict: spiritual leaders; 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 -- The meaning of 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
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2007001852-b.html