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A Cultural History of Work (Hardcover)
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A Cultural History of Work (Hardcover)
Series: The Cultural Histories Series
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Winner of the 2020 PROSE Award for Multivolume Reference/Humanities
How has our relationship with 'work' changed for different cultures
over the centuries? What effect has it had on politics, art and
religion? In a work that spans 2,500 years these ambitious
questions are addressed by 63 experts, each contributing their
overview of a theme applied to a period in history. With the help
of a broad range of case material they illustrate broad trends and
nuances of the culture of work in Western culture from antiquity to
the present. Individual volume editors ensure the cohesion of the
whole, and to make it as easy as possible to use, chapter titles
are identical across each of the volumes. This gives the choice of
reading about a specific period in one of the volumes, or following
a theme across history by reading the relevant chapter in each of
the six. The six volumes cover: 1 - Antiquity (500 BCE to 800 CE);
2 - Medieval Age (800 to 1450); 3 - Early Modern Age (1450 to
1650); 4 - Age of Enlightenment (1650 to 1800); 5 - Age of Empire
(1800 to 1920); 6 - Modern Age (1920 to the present). Themes (and
chapter titles) are: The Economy of Work; Picturing Work; Work and
Workplaces; Workplace Cultures; Work, Skill and Technology; Work
and Mobility; The Political Culture of Work; and Work and Leisure.
The page extent for the pack is approximately 1,400 pages. Each
volume opens with Notes on Contributors and an Introduction, and
concludes with Notes, Bibliography, and an Index. The Cultural
Histories Series A Cultural History of Work is part of The Cultural
Histories Series. Titles are available as hardcover sets for
libraries needing just one subject or preferring a tangible
reference for their shelves or as part of a fully-searchable
digital library. The digital product is available to institutions
by annual subscription or on perpetual access via
www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com. Individual volumes for academics
and researchers interested in specific historical periods are also
available in print or digitally via www.bloomsburycollections.com.
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