The Working Life

by Alberti, John

• ISBN13: 9780321094223
• ISBN10: 0321094220
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-27
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Timely, smart, and hip, this engaging reader teaches students to think critically about the importance and place of work in their lives. A particularly relevant reader given the career-minded orientation of today's students,The Working Lifehelps students "see" work more practically and critically, both in terms of their eventual career paths and their immediate college environment. Approaching the idea of work from multiple perspectives, the readings present work as both a source of fulfillment and meaning and a place of frustration and fatigue. ThroughoutThe Working Lifehelps students use writing to examine their own complex attitudes, values, and beliefs about work in life, work as life, and our lives at work. Each of the six sections focuses on a different aspect of work and contains readings ranging from scholarly articles to contemporary journalism, visual representations of work from the media and fine arts, fiction and non-fiction stories about work, and a sample of screenshorts from a work-related Website.

Table of Contents

Readings and Materials by Genre and Mode	xi
Preface for Instructors	xiii
Preface for Students	xvii
CHAPTER 1 The Writer's Work	1	(26)
Working with Texts: Critical Reading and Writing	1	(1)
The Work of Reading	2	(1)
The Work of Readers and Texts	2	(1)
Reading Is Writing	3	(1)
Work Habits for Critical Reading	4	(1)
Working with Words and Images/Words as Images: Reading in a Visual Culture	4	(2)
Learning, Choosing, and Adapting Strategies That Work for You	6	(1)
Some Common Questions for Critical Reading: A Brief Overview	6	(1)
Some Common Questions for Critical Reading: A Detailed Approach	7	(4)
Planning Your Work: Previewing Strategies	7	(1)
Working with Texts: Annotating Strategies	8	(1)
Processing Your Work: Summary and Analysis	9	(2)
The Work of Writing	11	(4)
Kinds of Writing Work	12	(3)
Work Habits for Writing	15	(1)
Common Questions for Writers: A Brief Overview	15	(1)
Common Questions: A Detailed Approach	15	(7)
Working with Texts: Drafting and Revising Strategies	19	(1)
Revisions Strategies	20	(1)
Working with Texts: Editing, Proofreading, and Polishing Strategies	21	(1)
Strategies for Effective Editing, Polishing, and Proofreading	21	(1)
The Work of Research	22	(3)
Working with Sources: Evaluating Information	24	(1)
Final Thoughts	25	(2)
CHAPTER 2 Work, Labor, Career: the Meaning of Work	27	(64)
Preparing to Read: Writing Suggestions for the Beginning of Chapter 2	28	(1)
Foundational Readings	28	(19)
Genesis 3:17-19	28	(1)
Aristotle
from The Politics	29	(2)
Franklin, Benjamin
from The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin	31	(7)
Black, Bob
from The Abolition of Work	38	(9)
Reading the Web: Monster.com	47	(2)
Stories of Work	49	(38)
Alger, Horatio
from Ragged Dick	49	(6)
Melville, Herman
Bartleby the Scrivener	55	(28)
Carmony, Kathryn
Surfing the Classifieds	83	(4)
Media Images	87	(2)
Adams, Scott
Dilbert	87	(2)
The Work of Writing/Writing as Work	89	(2)
CHAPTER 3 Education and Work/Education as Work	91	(64)
Preparing to Read: Writing Suggestions for the Beginning of Chapter 3	91	(1)
Foundational Readings	92	(37)
Anyon, Jean
from Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work	92	(15)
Nixon, Ron
Caution: Children at Work	107	(5)
The Role of Technology In Higher Education	112	(1)
Cwiklik, Robert
A Different Course	112	(5)
Traub, James
from The Next University. Drive-Thru U: Higher Education for People Who Mean Business	117	(6)
Postman, Neal
Of Luddites, Learning, and Life	123	(6)
Reading the Web	129	(4)
Comparing College Web Sites: Three Views on School and Work	129	(4)
University of Phoenix	129	(1)
Portland State University	130	(2)
Mount San Antonio College	132	(1)
Stories of Work	133	(19)
Clemens, Samuel
from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer	133	(8)
Rose, Mike
from Lives on the Boundary	141	(11)
Media Images	152	(1)
Groening, Matt
Life In School	152	(1)
The Work of Writing/Writing as Work	153	(2)
CHAPTER 4 Work and Social Class	155	(68)
Preparing to Read: Writing Suggestions for the Beginning of Chapter 4	156	(1)
Foundational Readings	156	(37)
Smith, Adam
from An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations	156	(8)
Mantsios, Gregory
Media Magic: Making Class Invisible	164	(10)
Zweig, Michael,
from The Working Class Majority: America's Best Kept Secret	174	(19)
Reading the Web	193	(3)
Justice for Janitors	193	(3)
Stories of Work	196	(22)
Ehrenreich, Barbara
from Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America	196	(13)
Brecht, Bertolt
Questions from a Worker Who Reads	209	(2)
Selected Poems about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire	211	(7)
Media Images	218	(3)
The Phoenix Companies, Inc. Advertisement	218	(3)
The Work of Writing/Writing as Work	221	(2)
CHAPTER 5 Work and Family	223	(48)
Foundational Readings	225	(31)
Kessler-Harris, Alice
from Women Have Always Worked	225	(11)
Coontz, Stephanie
The American Family	236	(7)
Schor, Juliet B.
from The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure	243	(7)
Galinsky, Ellen
Do Working Parents Make the Grade?	250	(6)
Reading the Web	256	(3)
Families and Work Institute Web Site	256	(3)
Stories of Work	259	(6)
Casey, Deb
ZOOOOOOOM: A Familiar Story: Drop-Off/Pick-Up Panic	259	(2)
Welfare, Before and After: Two Essays by Annie Downey	261	(1)
Is There Life After Welfare?	262	(1)
The Journey to Not	263	(2)
Media Images	265	(3)
Working Mother and Dadmag.com Web Sites	265	(3)
The Work of Writing/Writing as Work	268	(3)
CHAPTER 6 Work and Diversity	271	(78)
Foundational Readings	273	(41)
Belkin, Lisa
Showdown at Yazoo Industries	273	(17)
Chideya, Farai
from The Color of Our Future: Race for the 21st Century	290	(17)
Coolidge, Shelley Donald
On the Job, It's English or the Pink Slip	307	(4)
Conley, Dalton
The Cost of Slavery	311	(3)
Reading the Web	314	(4)
Ragged Edge Magazine Online	314	(4)
Stories of Work	318	(25)
Douglass, Frederick
from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass	318	(8)
Guerrero, Lalo
Corrido de Cesar Chavez	326	(4)
Coleman, Wanda
Office Politics	330	(3)
Saltman, Nina
Carpenter Foreman	333	(10)
Media Images	343	(3)
Fast Food Restaurant Job Advertisement, 1989	343	(3)
The Work of Writing/Writing as Work	346	(3)
CHAPTER 7 Ethics of Work/The Work Ethic	349	(38)
Foundational Readings	351	(24)
Weber, Max
from The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism	351	(5)
Judis, John B.
Value Free	356	(7)
Kirn, Walter
Summertime Dues	363	(3)
Focus on School Work and Ethics: Plagiarism and Cheating	366	(1)
Posner, Richard A.
On Plagiarism	367	(3)
Slobogin, Kathy
Survey: Many Students Say Cheating's OK	370	(2)
McCollum, Kelly
Term-Paper Web Site Has Professors Worried About Plagiarism	372	(3)
Reading the Web	375	(3)
Schoolsucks.com and Turnitin.com	375	(3)
Stories of Work	378	(4)
Cohen, Randy Letters
from The Ethicist	378	(4)
Images of Work	382	(2)
World Trade Center Rescue Worker	382	(2)
The Work of Writing/Writing as Work	384	(3)
CHAPTER 8 Work in the Global Economy	387	(52)
Foundational Readings	388	(36)
"Declaration Concerning the Aims and Purposes of the International Labour Organization"	388	(4)
Iyer, Pico
The Global Village Finally Arrives	392	(4)
Barber, Benjamin R.
Jihad vs. McWorld	396	(11)
Focus on Work and the Global Economy: The Debate Over Sweatshops	407	(2)
Greider, William
from One World, Ready or Not: The Manic Logic of Global Capitalism	409	(10)
Kristof, Nicholas D. and Sheryl WuDunn
Two Cheers for Sweatshops	419	(5)
Reading the Web	424	(2)
The Controversy Over Nike	424	(1)
United Students Against Sweatshops	425	(1)
Nike, Inc.	425	(1)
Stories of Work	426	(7)
Guthrie, Woody
Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)	426	(3)
Moore, Michael
Interview with Phil Knight, CEO of Nike, Inc.	429	(4)
Media Images	433	(2)
Undocumented Workers Lost in the World Trade Center	433	(2)
The Work of Writing/Writing as Work	435	(4)
CHAPTER 9 Work in the Information Age/The Future of Work	439	(46)
Foundational Readings	440	(20)
Negroponte, Nicholas
An Age of Optimism	440	(4)
Hancock, LynNell
The Haves and the Have-Nots	444	(4)
Span, Paula
The On-Line Mystique	448	(12)
Reading the Web	460	(2)
Charting the Changes In the Web: The Internet Archive	460	(2)
Stories of Work	462	(20)
Lewis, Michael
Jonathan Lebed's Extracurricular Activities	462	(20)
Media Images	482	(2)
The Personal Daily Assistant	482	(2)
The Work of Writing/Writing as Work	484	(1)
EPILOGUE The Joy of Work	485	(6)
Durer, Albrecht
St. Jerome In His Study	486	(2)
Hambling, Maggi
Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin	488	(3)
Credits	491	(6)
Index	497