Working Knowledge by Douglas Harper

Working Knowledge by Douglas Harper

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An ethnographical study of the "working knowledge" of a machinist with a small shop in upstate New York. The text addresses issues arising from the historical shift from the independent work of the medieval artisan to industrial production and the increasing automation of today.

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Working Knowledge by Douglas Harper

An ethnographical study of the working knowledge of a machinist with a small shop in upstate New York. The text addresses issues arising from the historical shift from the independent work of the medieval artisan to industrial production and the increasing automation of today.
Douglas Harper is Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, University of South Florida and the author of Good Company (1982).
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ISBN 13 9780520079700
ISBN 10 0520079701
Title Working Knowledge
Author Douglas Harper
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University of California Press
Year published 1992-10-29
Number of pages 224
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