Work Hard and You Shall Be Rewarded

<p>Anyone who has ever filled in a form in triplicate taken an aptitude test or been rebuffed by a form letter will appreciate the 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 the machinery of government or the 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 the women's movement military mentality and office bureaucracy. The humor of the materials pinpoints the ills and frustrations of modern society and becomes in turn an escape from them.</p>