Working
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What does it mean to work — truly work — in America? Studs Terkel's landmark oral history Working answers this question through the voices of over 130 ordinary Americans, from gravediggers and call girls to corporate executives and farmers, each recounting the daily grind, quiet dignity, and occasional despair that defines their working lives. Published in 1974, this monumental work chronicles the American labour experience with raw honesty and remarkable intimacy, capturing not just what people do for a living, but what it costs them — and what it gives back. Terkel, a master of the spoken word, presents his subjects with an uncanny journalist's ear and a humanist's heart, allowing their unfiltered voices to build a sweeping portrait of mid-century America that is simultaneously personal and universal. The book stands as a cornerstone of American non-fiction, a testament to the dignity of labour and the complexity of the human condition. Working leaves the reader with a haunting question: in a world defined by what we do, who — beneath the job title — are we really?
Author: Studs Terkel
Format: Paperback
Genre: Society & culture
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What does it mean to work — truly work — in America? Studs Terkel's landmark oral history Working answers this question through the voices of over 130 ordinary Americans, from gravediggers and call girls to corporate executives and farmers, each recounting the daily grind, quiet dignity, and occasional despair that defines their working lives. Published in 1974, this monumental work chronicles the American labour experience with raw honesty and remarkable intimacy, capturing not just what people do for a living, but what it costs them — and what it gives back. Terkel, a master of the spoken word, presents his subjects with an uncanny journalist's ear and a humanist's heart, allowing their unfiltered voices to build a sweeping portrait of mid-century America that is simultaneously personal and universal. The book stands as a cornerstone of American non-fiction, a testament to the dignity of labour and the complexity of the human condition. Working leaves the reader with a haunting question: in a world defined by what we do, who — beneath the job title — are we really?