Matthew B. Crawford - Shop Class As Soulcraft

Aug 4 2009 7:00 pm
Aug 4 2009 8:00 pm

(Penguin Press, $25.95)
Crawford left D.C. think-tanks and the Committee on Social Thought to open a motorcycle shop.   In this memoir-cum-manifesto, he suggests that knowledge work is ultimately unfulfilling, and recommends manual trades as a more engaging way to both think and do.

Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work (Hardcover)

By Matthew B. Crawford
$25.95
ISBN-13: 9781594202230
Availability: Not currently in the store – Usually ships in 1-5 days
Published: Penguin Press HC, The, 5/2009
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