The case for working with your hands, or, why office work is bad for us and fixing things feels good / Matthew Crawford.

By:

Crawford, Matthew B

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: England: Penguin Random House, 2009.Description: 246 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780141047294
0670918741 (hbk.)

Other title:

Why office work is bad for us and fixing things feels good

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

306.36 22

Contents:

A brief case for the useful arts -- The separation of thinking from doing -- To be master of one's own stuff -- The education of a gearhead: from amateur to professional -- The contradictions of the cubicle -- Thinking as doing -- Work, leisure, and full engagement.

Summary: Crawford speaks up for an ideal that is timeless but finds little accommodation today: manual competence. He explores the moral benefits of a technical education, and argues that the skilled manual trades may be one of the few sure paths to a good living.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
BOOK	Ashok Goel Library, Rishihood University General stacks	Rashtram School of Public Leadership	306.36 CRA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	Recommended by Sahil Aggarwal, CEO		RU00006736

Includes index.

Crawford speaks up for an ideal that is timeless but finds little accommodation today: manual competence. He explores the moral benefits of a technical education, and argues that the skilled manual trades may be one of the few sure paths to a good living.

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