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The Case for Working with Your Hands, Or, Why Office Work Is Bad for Us and Fixing Things Feels Good Hardback - 2010

by Matthew B. Crawford

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Why do some jobs offer fulfilment while others leave us frustrated? In this inspiring and persuasive book, Matthew Crawford brings to life the immense psychological and intellectual satisfactions of making and fixing things, arguing that the skilled manual trades may be one of the few sure paths to a good living.

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  • Title The Case for Working with Your Hands, Or, Why Office Work Is Bad for Us and Fixing Things Feels Good
  • Author Matthew B. Crawford
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition Latest Ed.
  • Pages 246
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Viking, UK
  • Publication date 2010
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780670918744 / 0670918741
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 5.67 x 0.83 in (21.59 x 14.40 x 2.11 cm)
  • Category Archaeology / Anthropology
  • Library of Congress subjects Manual work, Manual work - Philosophy
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2010530086
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306.36
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