A Cultural History of Work
Published on 16. December 2021
Book
978-1-350-27898-1 (ISBN)
Description
Winner of the 2020 PROSE Award for Multivolume Reference/Humanities
How has our relationship with 'work' changed for different cultures over the centuries? What effect has it had on politics, art and religion?
In a work that spans 2,500 years these ambitious questions are addressed by 63 experts, each contributing their overview of a theme applied to a period in history. With the help of a broad range of case material they illustrate broad trends and nuances of the culture of work in Western culture from antiquity to the present. Individual volume editors ensure the cohesion of the whole, and to make it as easy as possible to use, chapter titles are identical across each of the volumes. This gives the choice of reading about a specific period in one of the volumes, or following a theme across history by reading the relevant chapter in each of the six.
The six volumes cover: 1 - Antiquity (500 BCE to 800 CE); 2 - Medieval Age (800 to 1450); 3 - Early Modern Age (1450 to 1650); 4 - Age of Enlightenment (1650 to 1800); 5 - Age of Empire (1800 to 1920); 6 - Modern Age (1920 to the present).
Themes (and chapter titles) are: The Economy of Work; Picturing Work; Work and Workplaces; Workplace Cultures; Work, Skill and Technology; Work and Mobility; The Political Culture of Work; and Work and Leisure.
The page extent for the pack is approximately 1,400 pages. Each volume opens with Notes on Contributors and an Introduction, and concludes with Notes, Bibliography, and an Index.
The Cultural Histories Series
A Cultural History of Work is part of The Cultural Histories Series. Titles are available both as printed hardcover sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as part of a fully-searchable digital library available to institutions by annual subscription or on perpetual access (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com).
How has our relationship with 'work' changed for different cultures over the centuries? What effect has it had on politics, art and religion?
In a work that spans 2,500 years these ambitious questions are addressed by 63 experts, each contributing their overview of a theme applied to a period in history. With the help of a broad range of case material they illustrate broad trends and nuances of the culture of work in Western culture from antiquity to the present. Individual volume editors ensure the cohesion of the whole, and to make it as easy as possible to use, chapter titles are identical across each of the volumes. This gives the choice of reading about a specific period in one of the volumes, or following a theme across history by reading the relevant chapter in each of the six.
The six volumes cover: 1 - Antiquity (500 BCE to 800 CE); 2 - Medieval Age (800 to 1450); 3 - Early Modern Age (1450 to 1650); 4 - Age of Enlightenment (1650 to 1800); 5 - Age of Empire (1800 to 1920); 6 - Modern Age (1920 to the present).
Themes (and chapter titles) are: The Economy of Work; Picturing Work; Work and Workplaces; Workplace Cultures; Work, Skill and Technology; Work and Mobility; The Political Culture of Work; and Work and Leisure.
The page extent for the pack is approximately 1,400 pages. Each volume opens with Notes on Contributors and an Introduction, and concludes with Notes, Bibliography, and an Index.
The Cultural Histories Series
A Cultural History of Work is part of The Cultural Histories Series. Titles are available both as printed hardcover sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as part of a fully-searchable digital library available to institutions by annual subscription or on perpetual access (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com).
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Illustrations
299 bw illus
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 169 mm
Weight
2662 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-350-27898-1 (9781350278981)
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Persons
Deborah Simonton is Associate Professor of British History at the University of Southern Denmark and Visiting Professor at the University of Turku, Finland. She is the author of A History of European Women's Work, 1700 to the present (1998) and Women in European Culture and Society (2011). She is also the editor of the Routledge History of Women in Modern Europe, 1700 to the present (2006).
Anne Montenach is Professor of Early Modern History at Aix-Marseille University, France. She is the co-editor of Luxury and Gender in European Towns, 1700-1914 (2014) and Gender and Urban Development (2013).
Anne Montenach is Professor of Early Modern History at Aix-Marseille University, France. She is the co-editor of Luxury and Gender in European Towns, 1700-1914 (2014) and Gender and Urban Development (2013).
Content
Volume 1: A Cultural History of Work in Antiquity
Edited by Ephraim Lytle, University of Toronto, Canada
Volume 2: A Cultural History of Work in the Medieval Age
Edited by Valerie L. Garver, Northern Illinois University, USA
Volume 3: A Cultural History of Work in the Early Modern Age
Edited by Bert De Munck, University of Antwerp, Belgium and Thomas Max Safley, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Volume 4: A Cultural History of Work in the Age of Enlightenment
Edited by Deborah Simonton, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark and Anne Montenach, Aix-Marseille University, France
Volume 5: A Cultural History of Work in the Age of Empire
Edited by Victoria E. Thompson, Arizona State University, USA
Volume 6: A Cultural History of Work in the Modern Age
Edited by Daniel J. Walkowitz, New York University, USA
Edited by Ephraim Lytle, University of Toronto, Canada
Volume 2: A Cultural History of Work in the Medieval Age
Edited by Valerie L. Garver, Northern Illinois University, USA
Volume 3: A Cultural History of Work in the Early Modern Age
Edited by Bert De Munck, University of Antwerp, Belgium and Thomas Max Safley, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Volume 4: A Cultural History of Work in the Age of Enlightenment
Edited by Deborah Simonton, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark and Anne Montenach, Aix-Marseille University, France
Volume 5: A Cultural History of Work in the Age of Empire
Edited by Victoria E. Thompson, Arizona State University, USA
Volume 6: A Cultural History of Work in the Modern Age
Edited by Daniel J. Walkowitz, New York University, USA