Crawford, Matthew B. <br/><br/>
The case for working with your hands, or, why office work is bad for us and fixing things feels good / 
 Why office work is bad for us and fixing things feels good 
Matthew Crawford. 
 - London :  Viking,  2010. 
 - 246 p. :  ill. ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>A brief case for the useful arts -- The separation of thinking from doing -- To be master of one's own stuff -- The education of a gearhead: from amateur to professional -- The contradictions of the cubicle -- Thinking as doing -- Work, leisure, and full engagement. 
<br/><br/> Crawford speaks up for an ideal that is timeless but finds little accommodation today: manual competence. He explores the moral benefits of a technical education, and argues that the skilled manual trades may be one of the few sure paths to a good living. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780670918744 (hbk.) 0670918741 (hbk.) 9780141047294 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010530086 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB011856  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015478815  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Manual work.<br/>Manual work--Philosophy.<br/>Manual work--Psychological aspects.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD4904  / .C73 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.36