Bibliograph

Henry at work, Thoreau on making a living, John Kaag, Jonathan van Belle

Type

Label

Henry at work, Thoreau on making a living, John Kaag, Jonathan van Belle

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Henry at work

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1335112627

Responsibility statement

John Kaag, Jonathan van Belle

Sub title

Thoreau on making a living

Summary

"In this book, John Kaag and Jonathan van Belle illuminate an underexplored aspect of worked-over cultural icon Henry David Thoreau and what his thinking has to tell us about the way we work now. Henry at Work overturns the popular perception of Thoreau as a navel-gazing recluse, scornful of work and other mundanities. Just the opposite, they argue, Thoreau worked hard and thought intensely about work: why we do it, what we hope to gain from it, and what it does to us. They aim to show readers not only Thoreau the writer and philosopher, but also the lesser-known Thoreau: Thoreau the worker, economist, and even the efficiency expert"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Preface: Economy -- Resignation -- Clocking in -- Manual work -- Machine work -- Funny business -- Meaningless work -- Immoral work -- Compensation -- Coworkers -- Fulfilling work -- Conclusion: The business of living

Target audience

adult

Classification