TY  - BOOK
AU  - Crawford,Matthew B.
TI  - The case for working with your hands, or, why office work is bad for us and fixing things feels good
SN  - 9780670918744 (hbk.)
AV  - HD4904 .C73 2010
U1  - 306.36 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - London
PB  - Viking
KW  - Manual work
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Psychological aspects
N1  - Includes index; 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
N2  - 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
ER  -