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First published 2024 by Cornell University Press

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Strauss, Claudia, 1953– author.

Title: What work means : beyond the Puritan work ethic / Claudia Strauss.

Description: Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2024. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2023034436 (print) | LCCN 2023034437 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501775505 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781501775512 (paperback) | ISBN 9781501775529 (pdf) | ISBN 9781501775536 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Unemployed—California, Southern— Attitudes. | Unemployed—California, Southern— Psychology. | Unemployment—California, Southern—Psychological aspects. | Unemployment—Social aspects—California, Southern. | Work ethic—California, Southern. | Protestant work ethic— California, Southern. | Employee motivation— California, Southern.

Classification: LCC HD5708.2.U6 S77 2024 (print) | LCC HD5708.2.U6 (ebook) | DDC 331.13/797949—dc23/eng/20231106

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023034436

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