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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:The Mind at Work: Valuing the Intelligence of the American Workerby Mike Rose
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:In the tradition of Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed and Studs Terkel's Working, The Mind at Work is an illuminating reassessment of American labor. Testimonials to physical work have always celebrated the dignity, the economic and moral value, even the nobility of blue-collar labor, but rarely the thought required to get the job done right. The lightning-fast organization and mental calculations of the waitress; the complex spatial mathematics of the carpenter; the aesthetic and intellectual dexterity of the hair stylistour failure to acknowledge or respect these qualities has undermined a large portion of America's working population. In The Mind at Work award-winning writer Mike Rose sets the record straight by taking a long hard look at the intellectual demands of common work. Integrating personal stories of his own working-class family with interviews, vivid snapshots of people on the job, and current research in social science and cognitive psychology, Rose draws a brilliantly original portrait of America at work. As he probes the countless decisions, computations, and subtle judgments made every day by welders and plumbers, waitresses and electricians, Rose redefines the nature of important work and overturns the "hand/brain" dichotomy that blinds us to the real contributions of working people. Review:Mike Rose shows how a reductive idea of intelligence contracts the meaning of democracy. This book is brilliant, excitingand essential. (Michael Katz) About the AuthorMike Rose, a member of the faculty of the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, has written a number of books and articles on language and literacy, including Lives on the Boundary: The Struggles and Achievements of America's Underprepared. In 1997 his book Possible Lives won the prestigious Gawemeyer Award in Education and the Common-wealth Club of California Award for Literary Excellence in Nonfiction. Table of ContentsCONTENTS Introduction: Mind and Work xiii 1 The Working Life of a Waitress 1 2 Styling Hair 31 3 The Intelligence of Plumbing 56 4 A Vocabulary of Carpentry 67 5 Reflective Technique: Electrical Wiring and Construction 100 6 Two Lives: A Welder and a Foreman 116 7 Rethinking Hand and Brain 141 8 Hand and Brain in School: The Paradox of Vocational Education 167 Conclusion: Working Life 195 Afterword: On Method 217 Acknowledgments 225 Notes 229
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