![]() ![]() I thought it might really be showing its age - after all, fifty years is a long career. I know the book well, but in writing this piece I leafed through it again to think about the changing nature of work across that half a century. From the Terkel archive, it’s clear that his interest in work was long standing and went well beyond the USA. I first encountered it as a student, and in the passing years Working - or to give it its rarely used full title Working: People Talk About What they Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do – has shaped profoundly the way I think and teach about work.įirst published in January 1972, Working is a baggy collection of over seven-hundred and sixty pages, most devoted to the reflections of ordinary Americans about their economic lives. It’s a book that both reflects and helps to explain working-class life. ![]() As I prepared to teach my module on work this year, I realised that Studs Terkel’s book Working celebrates its fiftieth anniversary in 2022. ![]()
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