Description: Packed with examples from Ming Chinese apothecaries to 20th-century New York City doormen, this book is a must for those who want to enliven their study of the past by examining how people spent most of their days and lives: at work.
Brief description: Sarah Schneewind is Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego. She specializes in state-society relations in Ming China, but is interested in the work experiences of people everywhere, throughout time. She edits the Amsterdam University Press series Histories of Everyday Life Across the World.