Work hard and you shall be rewarded : urban folklore from the paperwork empire

Abstract

Anyone who has ever filled in a form in triplicate, taken an aptitude test, or been rebuffed by a form letter will appreciate urban folklore found in this collection. Urban people as a folk are bound together by their unhappy experiences in battling the system, whether that system is machinery of government or office where one works. The wonderfully expressive materials in this book-chain letters, memoranda, notices, and cartoons-touch upon every major controversy of urban America: racism, sex, politics, automation, alienation, welfare, women's movement, military mentality, and office bureaucracy. The humor of materials pinpoints ills and frustrations of modern society and becomes, in turn, an escape from them.

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