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Work mate marry love : how machines shape our human destiny / Debora L. Spar.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spar, Debora L., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technological innovations--Social aspects.
- Families--History.
- Families.
- History.
- Man-woman relationships--History.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Work--History.
- Social change.
- Technology and civilization.
- Work.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 367 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020.
- Summary:
- "How technological advances have shaped human relationships and work patterns over time"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I The Way We Lived
- 1. Life Before the Machines
- 2. Steam Heat: How the Industrial Revolution Transformed Women, Men, and Work
- 3. Mid-Century Modern
- pt. II The Way We Live Now
- 4. Changing the Means of (Re)production: Surrogate Moms, Gay Dads, and Our Evolving Notions of Family
- 5. Sex and Love Online
- 6. Mad Men; or, How Smart Machines Are Remaking Masculinity
- pt. III The Way We Will Live
- 7. Transitions
- 8. Cuddling with Robots
- 9. Engineering the End of Death.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-347) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780374200039
- 0374200033
- OCLC:
- 1152991155
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