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Tables of Contents for The Oxford Book of Work
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
xiii
Textual Note
xxiv
Part One: The Nature of Work
The Primal Curse
3
75
The Golden Age
3
1
The Iron Age; the Fall of Man; the Human Inclination to Idleness
4
4
Work Defined as Intrinsically Unpleasant
8
3
Physical Compulsion
11
12
Economic Necessity
23
14
Idlers:
The Upper Classes
37
14
The Inhabitants of Underdeveloped Countries
51
3
Thieves, Beggars, and Vagabonds
54
8
Reluctant Workers
62
16
Compensations and Rewards
78
128
Work as the Creator of Civilization; the Celebration of Human Productivity
88
2
Work as the Distinguishing Human Attribute
90
6
Work as Religious Duty
96
2
The Division of Labour
98
12
The Importance of a Calling
110
2
The Nineteenth-century Gospel of Work
112
8
Work as Social Discipline
120
2
Work as Essential for Health
122
11
Work as the Route to Human Sociability
133
7
The Pleasures of Occupation
140
16
Singing at Work
156
3
Work as a Remedy for Grief
159
4
Sense of Achievement
163
6
Work as Addiction
169
16
The Tedium of Idleness
185
16
The psychological Necessity of Work
201
5
All in a Day's Work
206
67
Looking for a Job
207
12
Beginners
219
18
The Daily Grind
237
4
Rest during Work
241
3
Recreation and Weekends
244
12
Holidays
256
5
The Day's Work Completed
261
12
Part Two: Kinds of Work
Women's Work and Child Labour
273
35
Women's Work
273
25
Housework by Men
298
4
Child Workers
302
6
Working the Land and Sea
308
42
Farm Labourers
308
5
Shepherds and Milkmaids
313
5
Rural Crafts
318
3
Mowers and Haymakers
321
10
Tillers of the Soil
331
4
Harvesters
335
10
Threshers
345
1
Fishing Folk
346
4
All Manner of Occupations
350
85
Textile Workers
350
10
Sailors
360
4
Craftsmen
364
17
Miners
381
5
Smiths and Metalworkers
386
10
Factory Workers
396
6
Shopkeepers and Salesmen
402
5
Soldiers
407
6
Sweepers, Cleaners, and Shovellers
413
4
Servants
417
6
Waitresses and Waiters
423
5
Shadier Trades
428
7
Head Work
435
72
Finance
438
8
Office Workers
446
9
Clergy, Doctors, and Lawyers
455
19
Schoolteachers
474
3
Actors and Entertainers
477
2
Artists
479
3
Writers
482
10
Students, Scholars, and Scientists
492
15
Part Three: The Reform of Work
Dissatisfactions
507
78
Physical Hardships
507
5
The Effects of the Division of Labour
512
3
The Tyranny of the Clock
515
4
Shortage of Time
519
1
The Machine
520
5
Job Insecurity
525
7
Inequity of Conditions and Rewards
532
13
Resistance: Direct and Indirect
545
14
In Defence of Idleness
559
8
Towards Utopia
567
18
Epilogue
Life After Work
585
15
Acknowledgements
600
11
Index of Authors and Sources Quoted
611