The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism by Richard Sennett

The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism by Richard Sennett

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Drawing on interviews with dismissed IBM executives, bakers in a high-tech bakery, a bar owner turned advertising executive and others, the author explores the disorientating effects of the new capitalism in America.

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The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism by Richard Sennett

Drawing on interviews with dismissed IBM executives, bakers in a high-tech bakery, a bar owner turned advertising executive and others, the author explores the disorientating effects of the new capitalism in America.
Richard Sennett’s books include The Corrosion of Character, Flesh and Stone, and Respect. He was the founding director of the New York Institute for the Humanities and now teaches sociology at New York University and at the London School of Economics.
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ISBN 13 9780393046786
ISBN 10 0393046788
Title The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism
Author Richard Sennett
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Year published 1998-10-17
Number of pages 176
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