{"product_id":"work-requirements-9781478018070","title":"Work Requirements","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTodd Carmody explores how the idea that work is inherently meaningful was reinforced and tasked to those who lived on the margins and needed assistance during nineteenth-century America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWork Requirements\u003c\/i\u003e is a creative, persuasive, and well-crafted analysis of the representational labor undergirding our “work society”. It is essential reading for anyone seeking to contest this mode of social organization.\" -- Karen M. Tani * International Journal of Social History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction. Signs Taken for Work  1\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Pensioner’s Claim  33\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Beggar’s Case  74\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Work of the Image  119\u003cbr\u003e 4. Institutional Rhythms  172\u003cbr\u003e Coda. Remaking Reciprocity  214\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments  221\u003cbr\u003e Notes  225\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography  289\u003cbr\u003e Index  315","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409007649111,"sku":"9781478018070","price":19.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781478018070.jpg?v=1730505068","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/work-requirements-9781478018070","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}