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Literature and Work#xA0;is part of Longman's#xA0;The Essential Literature Series.#xA0; This#xA0;anthology#xA0;introduces students to work by having them read, discuss, and write about work-related topics, which are often connected to issues of gender, race, ethnicity, and class.#xA0; The book features contemporary as well as classic literature with a global perspective.#xA0; The literature is arranged under eight primary themes: #x1C; Work: Definitions and Ideals,#x1D; #x1C;Entering the Work Force,#x1D; #x1C;Hard Work and Hard Times: The Working Poor,#x1D; #x1C;The Immigrant Experience,#x1D; #x1C;Class Struggle and the Dynamics of Power,#x1D; #x1C;Race, Gender, and the Dynamics of Power,#x1D; #x1C;Work and Ethics,#x1D; and #x1C;Work: Fulfillment and Disillusionment.#x1D;#xA0;

Introduction	p. 1
Work: Definitions and Ideals	p. 3
From The Autobiography, Chapter 8 [on moral perfection]	p. 5
The Way to Wealth: Preface to Poor Richard, 1758	p. 11
From Life without Principle	p. 19
The Tuft of Flowers	p. 23
A Clean Well-Lighted Place	p. 26
What Work Is	p. 31
Entering the Workforce	p. 33
A & P	p. 35
Goodfellows	p. 41
Orientation	p. 54
Hard Work and Hard Times: The Working Poor	p. 61
Under the Lion's Paw	p. 63
Chicago	p. 75
Washerwoman	p. 77
Harlem Dancer	p. 78
From Working, Delores Dante, Waitress	p. 80
Those Winter Sundays	p. 86
Waiting Table	p. 88
Digger Laid Off	p. 90
Factory Time	p. 92
From Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America	p. 96
I Hate My Job	p. 115
The Immigrant Experience	p. 119
From The Jungle	p. 121
Plane Wreck at Los Gatos (Deportee)	p. 129
Cakes	p. 131
Marian	p. 135
So Mexicans Are Taking Jobs from Americans	p. 146
Jorge the Church Janitor Finally Quits	p. 149
El Olor de Cansansio (The Smell of Fatigue)	p. 151
Class Struggle and the Dynamics of Power	p. 155
The Chimney Sweeper (versions from Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience)	p. 157
John Henry	p. 160
Counterparts	p. 163
'Butch' Weldy	p. 172
The Hairy Ape	p. 174
From Working, Who Built the Pyramids?: Mike LeFevre	p. 210
Race, Gender, and the Dynamics of Power	p. 219
On Colored Women and Work	p. 221
From Black Boy, Five Dollar Fight	p. 224
The Five-Forty-Eight	p. 232
Marks	p. 244
Song of the Fisher Wife	p. 246
Work and Ethics	p. 249
The Prodigal Son	p. 251
Written in London, September 1802	p. 253
Bartleby, the Scrivener	p. 255
Editor Whedon	p. 283
The Use of Force	p. 285
Highway Patrolman	p. 289
The New Yorker Fiction	p. 292
Work: Fulfillment and Disillusionment	p. 305
The Solitary Reaper	p. 307
I Hear America Singing	p. 309
In a Station of the Metro	p. 311
Digging	p. 312
Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio	p. 314
Ex-Basketball Player	p. 316
Hay for the Horses	p. 318
Assembly Line	p. 320
Dr. Shy	p. 322
Working in a Public Elementary School	p. 330
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