The Concept of Work: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Book

	Introduction: Methodology - Perspective - Work as Concept
Pt. 1	The Concept of Work in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome	1
1	Work in Homeric Society	3
2	Work in Archaic and Classical Greece	23
3	The Hellenistic World and the Concept of Work	69
4	Work and the Concept of Work in the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire	93
5	Work in the Ancient World	167
Pt. 2	The Concept of Work in the Middle Ages	177
6	The Attitudes toward Work among the Jews and among the Christians	179
7	Work and the Monastic Movement	195
8	Work in Medieval Europe: Fifth to Tenth Centuries	211
9	Work in Medieval Europe: Eleventh to Fifteenth Centuries	227
10	Agricultural Work and Its Perspectives During the Late Middle Ages	253
11	Medieval Guilds, Masonry, and Apprenticeship	267
12	Women and Work in the Medieval Ages	289
13	Work and the Concept of Work in the Middle Ages	309
Pt. 3	Work in the Modern World - 1500-1990	319
14	Luther, Calvin, and the Protestant Concept of Work	321
15	The English Enlightenment: Middle Sixteenth Century to Seventeenth Century	339
16	Work and the Enlightenment in France, Scotland, and America	369
17	Nineteenth Century: Capitalism, Socialism and the Work Ethic	409
18	Twentieth Century: Selected Philosophies and Perspectives on Work	455
19	Modern Technology and Work	513
20	The Work Ethic, Consumerism, and Leisure	547
21	Work and the Concept of Work in Modern Society	571
	Summary: Work - Past, Present, and Future	579
	Bibliography	591
	Index	629