The Mind At Work Valuing the Intelligence of the American Worker Hardback - 2004
by Rose, Mike.
In the tradition of Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed and Studs Terkel's Working, The Mind at Work is an illuminating reassessment of American labor. Testimonials to physical work have always celebrated the dignity, the economic and moral value, even the nobility of blue-collar labor, but rarely the thought required to get the job done right. The lightning-fast organization and mental calculations of the waitress; the complex spatial mathematics of the carpenter; the aesthetic and intellectual dexterity of the hair stylist our failure to acknowledge or respect these qualities has undermined a large portion of America's working population. In The Mind at Work award-winning writer Mike Rose sets the record straight by taking a long hard look at the intellectual demands of common work.
Integrating personal stories of his own working-class family with interviews, vivid snapshots of people on the job, and current research in social science and cognitive psychology, Rose draws a brilliantly original portrait of America at work. As he probes the countless decisions, computations, and subtle judgments made every day by welders and plumbers, waitresses and electricians, Rose redefines the nature of important work and overturns the 'hand/brain' dichotomy that blinds us to the real contributions of working people.
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I grew up a witness to the intelligence of the waitress in motion, the reflective welder, the strategy of the guy on the assembly line.
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- Title The Mind At Work Valuing the Intelligence of the American Worker
- Author Rose, Mike.
- Binding Hardback
- Edition 1st Edition
- Pages 288
- Language EN
- Publisher Viking Adult, New York, NY
- Date August 5, 2004
- ISBN 9780670032822
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