Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
4-25-2025
Keywords
American adult, Broadway musical, depersonalization, ethnography, graphic novel, identity, nonfiction book, occupational psychology, psychology studies, Studs Terkel, work, working
Disciplines
Developmental Psychology
Abstract
Psychology studies have changed the world in many ways, but few have served as the basis for both a Broadway musical and a graphic novel. Studs Terkel’s nonfiction book, Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do, was an immediate bestseller when it was published in 1974. While not a psychology study in the strictest quantitative definition, ‘Working’ served as an ethnography on the working life of the American adult.
Recommended Citation
Tully, Michelle E. and Santo, Jonathan B., "Studs Terkel's 1974 Alienation Study" (2025). Essays in Developmental Psychology. 199.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/edp/199