Talking About Machines: An Ethnography Of A Modern Job

This is a story of how work gets done. It is also a study of how field service technicians talk about their work and how that talk is instrumental in their success. In his innovative ethnography, Julian E. Orr studies the people who repair...

• | By (Author): Julian E. Orr
• | Series: Collection on Technology and Work
• | Publisher: Cornell University Press
• | Publication Date: Oct 24, 1996
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 192 pages
• | Language: Not available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0007233485
• | ISBN-13: 9780801483905