Bibliograph

Work, a deep history, from the stone age to the age of robots, James Suzman

Type

Label

Work, a deep history, from the stone age to the age of robots, James Suzman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-433) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Work

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

James Suzman

Sub title

a deep history, from the stone age to the age of robots

Summary

"A revolutionary new history of humankind through the prism of work by leading anthropologist James Suzman"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The economic problem -- In the beginning -- To live is to work -- Idle hands and busy beaks -- Tools and skills -- Fire's other gifts -- The provident environment -- "The original affluent society" -- Ghosts in the forest -- Toiling in the fields -- Leaping off the edge -- Feasts and famines -- Time is money -- The first machines -- Creatures of the city -- The bright lights -- the malady of infinite aspiration -- Top talent -- The death of a salaryman -- The new disease

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