American work values
Subtitle: their origin and development
By: Paul Bernstein.
Series: SUNY series in the sociology of work
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
Subjects: Work ethic -- United States -- History.; Industrialization -- United States -- History.; Public welfare -- United States -- History.
Description: American Work Values: Their Origin and Development examines the broad shifts in American work values from their European origins to the present. It analyzes shifts from work as salvation to work as opportunity and alienation, and concludes with a more recent focus on self-fulfilling employment in a context of industrial downsizing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-346) and index.