Working Knowledge: Skill and Community in a Small Shop |
 enlarge | Author: Douglas Harper
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 474411
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 8.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 0226316882
Dewey Decimal Number: 302.34
EAN: 9780226316888
ASIN: 0226316882
Publication Date: July 27, 1987
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A number of years ago, Douglas Harper moved to northern New York to teach in a small college. Upon his arrival there his department chairman noted his eight-year-old Saab and said, "You'll be meeting Willie." Haper spent the next years establishing not only a working relationship but a friendship with Willie. In Working Knowledge, he introduces us to Willie, a mechanic and jack-of-all-trades. With this engaging and insightful profile—part biography, part ethnography, and part photo essay—Harper documents what Willie does and how he does it. Harper's dignified portrait captures a disappearing feature of modern life—the essential human factor in the world of work.
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