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<div>A number of years ago, Douglas Harper moved to northern New York to teach in a small college. Upon his arrival there his department chairman noted his eight-year-old Saab and said, "You'll be meeting Willie." Haper spent the next years establishing not only a working relationship but a friendship with Willie. In <i>Working Knowledge</i>, he introduces us to Willie, a mechanic and jack-of-all-trades. With this engaging and insightful profile—part biography, part ethnography, and part photo essay—Harper documents what Willie does and how he does it. Harper's dignified portrait captures a disappearing feature of modern life—the essential human factor in the world of work. <br></div>
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<div><div><p><b>Douglas Harper</b> is professor of sociology at Duquesne University. He is the author of a number of works of visual ethnography and visual sociology—works that use photography as an innovative adjunct to ethnographic description. His books include <i>Good Company</i>, a much-acclaimed photographic portrait and narrative about tramps on the rails;<i> Working Knowledge: Skill and Community in a Small Shop</i>, a portrait of a mechanic and jack-of-all-trades; <i>Changing Works: </i><i>Visions of a Lost Agriculture</i>, which explores the social world of dairy farmers in upstate New York; <i>Hong Kong: Migrant Lives, Landscapes, and Journeys</i>, a tour of the city’s postcolonial urban landscape; and <i>The Italian Way: Food and Social Life</i>, on the role that food plays in the daily activities of Italians from all walks of life. All five of these books were published by the University of Chicago Press.</p></div><br></div>
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University of Chicago Press, 1987
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ISBN 13: 9780226316888
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