Working Knowledge: Skill and Community in a Small ShopA number of years ago, Douglas Harper moved to northern New York to teach in a small college. Upon his arrival there his department chairman noted his eight-year-old Saab and said, "You'll be meeting Willie." Haper spent the next years establishing not only a working relationship but a friendship with Willie. In Working Knowledge, he introduces us to Willie, a mechanic and jack-of-all-trades. With this engaging and insightful profile—part biography, part ethnography, and part photo essay—Harper documents what Willie does and how he does it. Harper's dignified portrait captures a disappearing feature of modern life—the essential human factor in the world of work. |
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| Title | Working Knowledge: Skill and Community in a Small Shop |
| Author | Douglas Harper |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press, 1987 |
| ISBN | 0226316882, 9780226316888 |
| Length | 214 pages |
| Subjects | › › Social Science / General Social Science / Sociology / General |
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