The Mind at Work

Valuing the Intelligence of the American Worker

Business & Finance, Human Resources & Personnel Management, Organizational Behavior, Business Reference, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
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Author: Mike Rose ISBN: 9781101174944
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group Publication: July 26, 2005
Imprint: Penguin Books Language: English
Author: Mike Rose
ISBN: 9781101174944
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication: July 26, 2005
Imprint: Penguin Books
Language: English

Featuring a new preface for the 10th anniversary

As did the national bestseller Nickel and Dimed, Mike Rose’s revelatory book demolishes the long-held notion that people who work with their hands make up a less intelligent class. He shows us waitresses making lightning-fast calculations, carpenters handling complex spatial mathematics, and hairdressers, plumbers, and electricians with their aesthetic and diagnostic acumen. Rose, an educator who is himself the son of a waitress, explores the intellectual repertory of everyday workers and the terrible social cost of undervaluing the work they do. Deftly combining research, interviews, and personal history, this is one of those rare books that has the capacity both to shape public policy and to illuminate general readers.

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Featuring a new preface for the 10th anniversary

As did the national bestseller Nickel and Dimed, Mike Rose’s revelatory book demolishes the long-held notion that people who work with their hands make up a less intelligent class. He shows us waitresses making lightning-fast calculations, carpenters handling complex spatial mathematics, and hairdressers, plumbers, and electricians with their aesthetic and diagnostic acumen. Rose, an educator who is himself the son of a waitress, explores the intellectual repertory of everyday workers and the terrible social cost of undervaluing the work they do. Deftly combining research, interviews, and personal history, this is one of those rare books that has the capacity both to shape public policy and to illuminate general readers.

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