Title A Cultural History of Work in the Age of Enlightenment

Published London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (249 pages) Series The Cultural Histories Ser Cultural Histories Ser Contents Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- General Editors' Preface -- Contributors -- Introduction -- 1 The Economy of Work -- 2 Picturing Work -- 3 Work and Workplaces -- 4 Workplace Cultures -- 5 Work, Skill, and Technology -- 6 Work and Mobility -- 7 Work and Society -- 8 The Political Culture of Work -- 9 Work and Leisure -- Notes -- Further Readings -- Index Summary "Winner of the 2020 PROSE Award for Multivolume Reference/Humanities The Enlightenment led to revised ideas about work together with new social attitudes toward work and workers. Coupled with dynamism in the economy, and the rise of the middling orders, work was more frequently perceived positively, as a commodity and as a source of social respectability. This volume explores the cultural implications of the transition from older systems based on privilege, control and embedded practices to a more open society increasingly based on merit and ability. It examines how guild controls broke down and political and commercial systems loosened. It also considers the theoretical justifications that brought new binding ideas, such as the strengthening of ideology on home, domesticity for the female, and work and politics for the male. North America embodied the extremes of these transitions with free workers able to make their way in a society based on ability and initiative while solidifying the ravages of the slavery system. A Cultural History of Work in the Age of Enlightenment presents an overview of the period with essays on economies, representations of work, workplaces, work cultures, technology, mobility, society, politics and leisure."-- Provided by publisher Notes Print version record 2020 PROSE Award for Multivolume Reference/Humanities Subject Labor -- North America -- History -- 18th century Industrial sociology -- North America -- History -- 18th century Work -- History -- 18th century Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900. Industrial sociology Labor Work North America Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Simonton, Deborah ISBN 1350078271 9781350078284 135007828X 9781350078277

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