Print version: Strauss, Claudia, 1953- What Work Means : Beyond the Puritan Work Ethic. First edition. Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, c2024 435 pages ISBN 9781501775512
Includes bibliographical references and index
Multiple Meanings of (Not) Working in the United States -- Two Protestant Work Ethics (Living to Work or Working Diligently) -- Working to Live Well : Consumption Dreams -- Working to Just Live : When Self-Sufficiency Fails -- Gendered Meanings of Unemployment -- Good-Enough Occupations and "Fun" Jobs -- A Post-Pandemic Update and the Future of Work.