The essays in this volume enhance our understanding of Canadians on the job. Focusing on specific industries and kinds of work, from logging and longshoring to restaurant work and the needle trades, the contributors consider such issues as job skill, mass production, and the transformation of resource industries. They raise questions about how particular jobs are structured and changed over time, the role of workers' resistance and trade unions in shaping the lives of workers, and the impact of technology. Together these essays clarify a fundamental characteristic shared by all labour processes: they are shaped and conditioned by the social, economic, and political struggles of labour and capital both inside and outside the workplace. They argue that technological change, as well as all the transformations in the workplace, must become a social process that we all control.

On the Job: Confronting the Labour Process in Canada

Business & Money

Storey, Robert

Heron, Craig

Economics

McGill-Queen's University Press

Mimesis and the Human Animal: On the Biogenetic Foundations of Literary Representation (Rethinking Theory)

In Mimesis and the Human Animal, Robert Storey argues that human culture derives from human biology and that literary representation therefore must have a biological basis. As he ponders the question "What does it mean to say that art imitates life?" he must consider both "What is life?" and "What is art?" A unique approach to the subject of mimesis, Storey's book goes beyond the politicizing of literature grounded in literary theory to develop a scientific basis for the creation of literature and art.

Literature & Fiction

Essays & Correspondence

Northwestern University Press

In Mimesis and the Human Animal, Robert Storey argues that human culture derives from human biology and that literary representation therefore must have a biological basis. As he ponders the question "What does it mean to say that art imitates life?" he must consider both "What is life?" and "What is art?"A unique approach to the subject of mimesis, Storey's book goes beyond the politicizing of literature grounded in literary theory to develop a scientific basis for the creation of literature and art.

296pages. 18,3x12,7x2,5cm. Broché.

Lonely Planet Taiwan: A Travel Survival Kit = T'Ai-WAN (Lonely Planet Taiwan: Travel Survival Kit)

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North-East Asia on a Shoestring (Lonely Planet on a Shoestring)

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Hong Kong, Macau and Canton: A Travel Survival Kit (Long Planet Travel Survival Kit)

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Lonely Planet Vietnam (Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit)

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On the Job: Confronting the Labour Process in Canada

Mimesis and the Human Animal: On the Biogenetic Foundations of Literary Representation (Rethinking Theory)

Mimesis and the Human Animal: On the Biogenetic Foundations of Literary Representation (Rethinking Theory)

Lonely Planet Taiwan: A Travel Survival Kit = T'Ai-WAN (Lonely Planet Taiwan: Travel Survival Kit)

North-East Asia on a Shoestring (Lonely Planet on a Shoestring)

Hong Kong, Macau and Canton: A Travel Survival Kit (Long Planet Travel Survival Kit)

Lonely Planet Mongolia (Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit)

Lonely Planet Vietnam (Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit)

Lonely Planet Beijing City Guide (Lonely Planet City Guide)

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