1st Edition
The Social Drama of Daily Work A Manual for Historians
By Sarah Schneewind
Copyright 2024
194 Pages
by
Routledge
Part manifesto, part manual, this book offers historians of all levels both subject and approach. The subject is work. In every place-time people made and sold objects – and struggled with annoying customers or government regulation. They healed clients – and wanted to bolster their prestige and keep out interlopers. Studying work allows historians to delve into the experiences of non-elite groups... Read more
Preface, Introduction, Chapter One: Technique and the Object of Technique, Chapter Two: The Players in the Social Drama of Work, Chapter Three: Dirty Work, Chapter Four: The Path into the Occupation, Chapter Five: Self-Regulation and Public Relations (Code and Policy), Chapter Six: Social Authority (License and Mandate), Chapter Seven: Technique and Danger (Guilty Knowledge), Chapter Eight: Mistakes at Work, Chapter Nine: Pace and Discipline, Chapter Ten: The Family Workshop, Conclusion.
Biography
Sarah Schneewind is Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego. She specializes in state-society relations in Ming China, but is interested in the work experiences of people everywhere, throughout time. She edits the Amsterdam University Press series Histories of Everyday Life Across the World.
