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Work : a deep history, from the stone age to the age of robots / James Suzman.
"A revolutionary new history of humankind through the prism of work by leading anthropologist James Suzman"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525561750
- ISBN: 0525561757
- Physical Description: x, 444 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "First published in Great Britain by Bloomsbury Circus, part of the Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2020."--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The economic problem -- In the beginning -- To live is to work -- Idle hands and busy beaks -- Tools and skills -- Fire's other gifts -- The provident environment -- "The original affluent society" -- Ghosts in the forest -- Toiling in the fields -- Leaping off the edge -- Feasts and famines -- Time is money -- The first machines -- Creatures of the city -- The bright lights -- the malady of infinite aspiration -- Top talent -- The death of a salaryman -- The new disease. |
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| Subject: | Work > History. |
| Genre: | Instructional and educational works. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pocono Mountain Public Library | 331.09 Suz (Text) | 35540000060926 | PMPL 2nd Floor Non-Fiction | Available | - |
