Format:
1 online resource (209 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780415688642
,
9781136313233
Series Statement:
Routledge Advances in Ethnography Series
Content:
This book, based on one-year's participant observation on a London construction site, outlines the on-going connections and intersections between economy, state, class and culture in the construction industry by taking a close-up look at a section of building workers and businessmen
Note:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Contracting and subcontracting: the build, its builders and their ethnic communities -- 2 Managing 'in the office' -- 3 Working 'on the tools' -- 4 Time, recreation and workplace culture -- 5 Becoming a builder and being working class -- 6 Building masculinity: bodies, law and violence -- 7 Economy, informality and social stratification -- 8 Conclusion: cultures, capitalisms and class reproduction -- Appendix A Specifications and costs of the building project -- Notes -- References -- Index
Additional Edition:
Print version Thiel, Darren Builders Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2012 ISBN 9780415688642
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
URL:
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