Compiled by a respected social historian, this unique anthology on the changing experience of work draws upon more than 500 writers from classical antiquity to

Aims to bring together, present, and discuss what is known about work and organizations and their connection to broader economic change in Europe and America. T

Gathers selections from literature and history depicting both real and fictitious criminals, murderers, confidence men, hypocrites, traitors, spies, and tyrants

Every society throughout history has defined what counts as work and what doesn’t. And more often than not, those lines of demarcation are inextricable from c

Work is one of the most universal features of human life; virtually everybody spends some part of their life at work. It is often associated with tedium and bor