{"product_id":"working-people-talk-about-what-they-do-all-day-and-how-they-feel-about-what-they-do-9781565843424","title":"Working: People Talk about What They Do All Day and How They Feel about What They Do","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Pulitzer Prize winner interviews workers, from policemen to piano tuners: \"Magnificent . . . To read it is to hear America talking.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA National Book Award Finalist and \u003c\/i\u003eNew York Times\u003ci\u003e bestseller\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Studs Terkel's classic oral history \u003ci\u003eWorking\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling look at jobs and the people who do them. Consisting of over one hundred interviews with everyone from a gravedigger to a studio head, this book provides a \"brilliant\" and enduring portrait of people's feelings about their working lives. This edition includes a new foreword by \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e journalist Adam Cohen (\u003ci\u003eForbes\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Splendid . . . Important . . . Rich and fascinating . . . The people we meet are not digits in a poll but real people with real names who share their anecdotes, adventures, and aspirations with us.\" --\u003ci\u003eBusiness Week\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The talk in \u003ci\u003eWorking\u003c\/i\u003e is good talk--earthy, passionate, honest, sometimes tender, sometimes crisp, juicy as reality, seasoned with experience.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-339394\"\u003eStuds Terkel\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.18h x 5.36w x 1.68d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781565843424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1565843428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BUS\"\u003eBusiness \u0026amp; Economics\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BUS038000\"\u003eLabor | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL013000\"\u003eLabor \u0026amp; Industrial Relations\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStuds Terkel (1912-2008) was an award-winning author and radio broadcaster. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eRace: How Blacks and Whites Think and Feel About the American Obsession\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eDivision Street: America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eComing of Age: Growing Up in the Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eTalking to Myself: A Memoir of My Times\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Good War: An Oral History of World War II\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWorking: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Studs Terkel Reader: My American Century\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAmerican Dreams: Lost and Found\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Studs Terkel Interviews: Film and Theater\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWill the Circle Be Unbroken?: Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eGiants of Jazz\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHope Dies Last: Keeping the Faith in Troubled Times\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAnd They All Sang: Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eTouch and Go: A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eP.S.: Further Thoughts from a Lifetime of Listening\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eStuds Terkel's Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by The New Press. He was a member of the Academy of Arts and Letters and a recipient of a Presidential National Humanities Medal, the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, a George Polk Career Award, and the National Book Critics Circle 2003 Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42707843809517,"sku":"9781565843424","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_37c4b783-4060-4618-8ddc-b6ced7a40c88.jpg?v=1650079587","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/working-people-talk-about-what-they-do-all-day-and-how-they-feel-about-what-they-do-9781565843424","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}