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Ever wondered what it would be like to be a street magician in Paris? A fish farmer in Norway? A costume designer in Bollywood? This playful and accessible look at different types of work around the world delivers a wealth of information and advice about a wide array of jobs and professions. The val...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Gershon, Ilana (Editor ), Lave, Jean (Autor del epílogo, colofón, etc.), Wendland, Claire L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2015.
Temas:
Work > Cross-cultural studies.
Occupations > Cross-cultural studies.
Vocational guidance > Cross-cultural studies.
Travail > Études transculturelles.
Professions > Études transculturelles.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Occupations
Vocational guidance
Work
Cross-cultural studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • How to be a doctor in Malawi / Claire Wendland and Chizowa Bandawe
  • What you need to know to be a fish farmer in west Norway / Marianne Elisabeth Lien and John Law
  • A magician in Paris / Graham Jones with Loïc Marquet
  • Being a village court magistrate in Papua New Guinea / Melissa Demian
  • The chaplain : a physician of the soul in a secular age / Winnifred Fallers Sullivan and Christopher Swift
  • Being a crime scene technician in Sweden / Corinna Kruse
  • Playing piano without a piano in Bolivia / Michelle Bigenho
  • Making do in perpetual crisis : how to be a journalist in Buryatia / Kathryn Graber
  • How to be a professional organizer in the United States / Carrie M. Lane
  • How to design a film costume in India / Lovleen Bains and Clare Wilkinson
  • Reflections from a life on the line / Caitrin Lynch and Warren Chamberlain
  • How to be a cell phone repairperson / Amanda Kemble, Briel Kobak, Joshua A. Bell and Joel Kuipers
  • How to be a professional wrestler in Mexico City / Heather Levi
  • The pains and peaks of being a ballerina in London / Helena Wulff.

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