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02254aam a2200337 4500 001 3C966DF6793211E9A3FDDB5497128E48 003 SILO 005 20190518010014 008 100827s2004||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 1567319955 020 $a 9781567319958 040 $d TxAuBib $d SILO 100 1 $a Terkel, Studs, $d 1912- 245 1 $a Working : $b people talk about what they do all day and how they feel about what they do / $c Studs Terkel ; [with a new foreword by Adam Cohen.]. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b MJF Books, $c [2004] 300 $a xlix, 589 pages ; $c 22 cm. 505 $a Working the land -- Communications -- A pecking order -- Did you ever hear the one about the farmer's daughter? -- The commercial -- Cleaning up -- Watching -- The demon lover / The making / The driving / The parking / The selling -- Appearance -- Counting -- Footwork -- Just a housewife -- The quiet life -- Brokers -- Bureaucracy -- Organizer -- The sporting life -- In charge -- Ma and Pa courage -- Reflections on idleness and retirement -- The age of Charlie Blossom -- Cradle to the grave -- The quiz kid and the carpenter -- In search of a calling -- Second chance -- Fathers and sons. 520 $a "When it was first published in 1974, Studs Terkel's oral history about "what people do all day and how they feel about it" became a best seller, was hailed as an instant classic, and eventually inspired a Broadway musical. Today, in this new edition with a foreword by the New York Times' Adam Cohen, it remains as relevant as ever: a masterpiece that reveals how "ordinary" Americans - that is, all of us - ceaselessly search for, but only sometimes find, satisfaction in our work."--Dust jacket back cover. 541 $d 20190329. 648 4 $a 1960-1980. 650 4 $a Working class -- United States -- Attitudes. 650 $a Work. 650 4 $a Working class -- United States -- Interviews. 650 4 $a Working class -- Attitudes. 650 $a Interviews. 650 4 $a Social Conditions. 651 $a United States. 651 4 $a United States -- Social conditions -- 1960-1980. . 941 $a 1 952 $l VTPD454 $d 20190518010936.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3C966DF6793211E9A3FDDB5497128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search