β Scribed by John Kirk, Christine Wall (auth.)
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-18
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Charting Historical Change: Work in the US and UK during the Twentieth Century....Pages 21-45
Narratives of Labour and Labour Lost: Working Life and Its Representations....Pages 46-76
Identity in Question and the Place of Work....Pages 77-98
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Working at the Chalk-face: Articulating the βTeacherly-Selfβ and Educational Change....Pages 101-123
Teller, Seller, Union Activist: Class Formation and Changing Bank Worker Identities....Pages 124-148
Tracking the Place of Work Identity on the Rails....Pages 149-176
Front Matter....Pages 177-177
Something to Show For It: The Place of Work Memorabilia in Three Occupations....Pages 179-203
Narrating Work Identity: Oral Testimony and the Place of Anecdotes....Pages 204-224
Conclusion....Pages 225-231
Back Matter....Pages 232-254
Social Structure, Social Inequality; Sociology of Work; Cultural History; Social History; Office Management; Sociology, general
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