This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of the book. The book is about another book Divisions of Labour. It discusses the history of work and employment on a very general scale, in order to situate the study of the Isle of Sheppey in the wider historical context of the challenge of de-industrialisation. The book focuses on household work strategies in Sheppey. It presents a case study to elaborate sociological points, hence the long historical introduction and the selection of the place as analytically appropriate for his ends. The book describes Divisions of Labour most accurately, as an amazing work which marked the turning point of a great tradition of community-based sociology, while at the same time pointing to the brave new world of large-scale panel data. It also focuses on the contemporary urgency of Ray Pahl's vision of sociology.