{"product_id":"9781565843424","title":"Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do","description":"\u003cb\u003eStuds Terkel’s classic oral history of Americans’ working lives—and the inspiration for Barack Obama’s new Netflix series about work in the twenty-first century\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Reading these stories, I started to consider my own place in the world, and understand how connected we are to one another. [\u003ci\u003eWorking\u003c\/i\u003e] helped inform the choices I made in my own work.” —President Barack Obama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ePerhaps Studs Terkel’s best-known book, \u003ci\u003eWorking\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling, fascinating look at jobs and the people who do them. Consisting of over one hundred interviews conducted with everyone from gravediggers to studio heads, this book provides a moving snapshot of people’s feelings about their working lives, as well as a timeless look at how work fits into American life. \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorking\u003c\/i\u003e received rave reviews upon its initial publication, including from the\u003ci\u003e New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, which praised its “incredible abundance of marvelous beings” and “very special electricity and emotional power,” and the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, which called it a “magnificent book . . . a work of art,” adding, “To read it is to hear America talking.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNearly fifty years after its initial publication, \u003ci\u003eWorking\u003c\/i\u003e remains a deeply relevant American classic, one of the most important works of oral history ever published.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46315452399857,"sku":"9781565843424","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781565843424_p0.jpg?v=1785533720","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781565843424","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}