{"product_id":"what-work-is-robert-bruno-9780252087608","title":"What Work Is","description":"\u003cb\u003eA distinctive exploration of how workers see work\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e For more than twenty years, Robert Bruno has taught labor history and labor studies to union members from a wide range of occupations and demographic groups. In the class, he asked his students to finish the question \"Work is--?\" in six words or less. The thousands of responses he collected provide some of the rich source material behind \u003ci\u003eWhat Work Is.\u003c\/i\u003e Bruno draws on the thoughts and feelings experienced by workers in the present day to analyze how we might design a future of work. He breaks down perceptions of work into five categories: work and time; the space workers occupy; the impact of work on our lives; the sense of purpose that motivates workers; and the people we work for, in all senses of the term. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Far-seeing and sympathetic, \u003ci\u003eWhat Work Is\u003c\/i\u003e merges personal experiences with research, poetry, and other diverse sources to illuminate workers' lives in the present and envision what work could be in the future. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Bruno\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252087607\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252087608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/09\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/30\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/22\/2023 pg. 1","brand":"Robert Bruno","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44254709481727,"sku":"9780252087608","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a2feaa30-0a20-4304-b8c0-461c4920b8b3.jpg?v=1694613924","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-work-is-robert-bruno-9780252087608","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}