Foreword / Elliot L. Richardson — Introduction / James O'Toole — “They won't work” : the end of the Protestant ethic and all that / Ivar Berg — Is there a blue-collar revolt against work? / George Strauss — Upward mobility, job monotony, and labor market structure / Michael J. Piore — Perspectives on women and work in America / Isabel V. Sawhill — Middle management / Emanuel Kay — Work and the health of man / Bruce L. Margolis and William H. Kroes — The effects of occupational stress on physical health / James S. House — Work and mental health / Stanislav V. Kasl — The work module : a proposal for the humanization of work / Robert L. Kahn — Alienation and innovation in the workplace / Richard E. Walton — Improving the quality of work life : sociotechnical case studies / Louis E. Davis and Eric L. Trist — Occupational bias in formal education and its effect on preparing children for work / David C. MacMichael — Vocational education for all in high school? / Beatrice G. Reubens — Work experience and family life / Frank F. Furstenberg — Work, well-being, and family life / Lee Rainwater — Work and welfare / Thomas C. Thomas — Afterword / Edward M. Kennedy.