A cultural history of work in the Modern Age / edited by Daniel J. Walkowitz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Walkowitz, Daniel J., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Work--History--20th century.

Work.

Work environment.

Work-life balance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 209 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.

Summary:

"Changes in production and consumption fundamentally transformed the culture of work in the industrial world during the century after World War I. In the aftermath of the war, the drive to create new markets and rationalize work management engaged new strategies of advertising and scientific management, deploying new workforces increasingly tied to consumption rather than production. These changes affected both the culture of the workplace and the home, as the gendered family economy of the modern worker struggled with the vagaries of a changing gendered labour market and the inequalities that accompanied them. This volume draws on illustrative cases to highlight the uneven development of the modern culture of work over the course of the long twentieth century."

Contents:

1. The economy of work

2. Picturing work

3. Work and workplaces

4. Workplace cultures

5. Work, skill, and technology

6. Work and mobility

7. Work and society

8. The Political culture of work

9. Work and leisure.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2018 dcunns

ISBN:

9781350078352 (online)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.