TY - BOOK AU - Thomas,Keith TI - The Oxford book of work SN - 9780192825315 AV - HD 4901 O98 2001 U1 - 306.3/6 PY - 2001/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Work KW - Trabajo N1 - Originally published: 1999 Includes index; I THE NATURE OF WORK; I. The Primal curse; II. Compensations and Rewards; III. All in a Day's Work; II KINDS OF WORK; IV. Woman's Work and Child Labour; V. Working the Land and Sea; VI. All Manner of Occupations; VII. Head Work; III THE REFORM OF WORK; VIII. Dissatisfactions; EPILOGUE; IX. Life after Work; Acknowledgements; Index of Authors and Sources Quoted N2 - Comprises a collection of excerpts from a wide range of sources on the meaning and nature of work. Draws on writers from classical antiquity to modern times: poets, dramatists, novelists, theologians, economists, philosophers, social investigators, journalists, diarists, letter-writers, and autobiographers ER -