Working in America: Continuity, Conflict, and Change [Paperback]

Amy S. Wharton (Compiler)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1559347376 | ISBN-13: 978-1559347372 | Publication Date: June 1998

Drawing on a wide range of classic writings and contemporary empirical selections, this text examines important topics in the field and exposes students to examples of sociological research and different theoretical approaches to studying the world of work.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 510 pages
• Publisher: Mayfield Pub Co (June 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1559347376
• ISBN-13: 978-1559347372
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,949,965 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great reader on the sociology of work, August 28, 2006

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Michael Lichter (Buffalo, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Working in America: Continuity, Conflict, and Change (Paperback)

I teach sociology at a major university and I've used both the second and third editions of this text. Wharton has done a good job of pulling together a variety of readings about work. It's not a general reader about economic sociology, but it doesn't claim to be, and it has relatively little to say about the social organization of work outside the U.S, but again it doesn't claim to do that. Most of the readings have been edited extensively, and the editing is, for the most part, well done. (One of the difficulties of editing down 300 page books into 8 page articles is that continuity can be a serious problem. It is a problem here at times, but only rarely.) I miss some of the articles that were present in the second edition and have been replaced in the third, e.g., an excerpt from Richard Edwards' CONTESTED TERRAIN. In any event, I definitely recommend this collection.

P.S. I'm not teaching any more, but still recommend the book.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, November 18, 2009

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Charles R. Lester "chuck L." (Edison, NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Working in America: Continuity, Conflict, and Change (Paperback)

This is good book to use as a text book. It is easy reading but is deep with morals and a wide breadth of issues.