The Mind at Work: Valuing the Intelligence of the American Worker

@book{citeulike:1118255, abstract = {{As did the national bestseller <I>Nickel and Dimed</I>, Mike Rose's revelatory book demolishes the long-held notion that people who work with their hands make up a less intelligent class. He shows us waitresses making lightning-fast calculations, carpenters handling complex spatial mathematics, and hairdressers, plumbers, and electricians with their aesthetic and diagnostic acumen. Rose, an educator who is himself the son of a waitress, explores the intellectual repertory of everyday workers and the terrible social cost of undervaluing the work they do. Deftly combining research, interviews, and personal history, this is one of those rare books that has the capacity both to shape public policy and to illuminate general readers.}}, author = {Rose, Mike }, citeulike-article-id = {1118255}, howpublished = {Paperback}, isbn = {0143035576}, keywords = {intellectual, intelligence, labour, physical, skills, tml-project, workplace}, month = {July}, posted-at = {2007-02-22 21:10:01}, priority = {0}, publisher = {{Penguin (Non-Classics)}}, title = {The Mind at Work: Valuing the Intelligence of the American Worker}, url = {http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20\&amp;path=ASIN/0143035576}, year = {2005} }

TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:1118255 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1118255 TI - The Mind at Work: Valuing the Intelligence of the American Worker PB - {Penguin (Non-Classics)} SN - 0143035576 N2 - {As did the national bestseller <I>Nickel and Dimed</I>, Mike Rose's revelatory book demolishes the long-held notion that people who work with their hands make up a less intelligent class. He shows us waitresses making lightning-fast calculations, carpenters handling complex spatial mathematics, and hairdressers, plumbers, and electricians with their aesthetic and diagnostic acumen. Rose, an educator who is himself the son of a waitress, explores the intellectual repertory of everyday workers and the terrible social cost of undervaluing the work they do. Deftly combining research, interviews, and personal history, this is one of those rare books that has the capacity both to shape public policy and to illuminate general readers.} KW - intellectual KW - intelligence KW - labour KW - physical KW - skills KW - tml-project KW - workplace AU - Rose, Mike PY - 2005/07/26/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&amp;path=ASIN/0143035576 ER -