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After work : a history of the home and the fight for free time / Helen Hester and Nick Srnicek.
Lippincott Library HD4904.25 .H47 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hester, Helen, 1983- author.
- Srnicek, Nick, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Work-life balance.
- Work and family.
- Housekeeping.
- Physical Description:
- 282 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Verso, 2023.
- Summary:
- "This is a book primarily about housework and childcare, and its omission from most conversations about the future of work, and in particular in discussions about a 'post-work' future. It encompasses a history of the evolution of work within the home, of cultural standards around cleanliness, hygiene and parenting, and of single-family dwellings and their various short-lived utopian alternatives. It draws from both the actual history of work within the home and from the abandoned ideas of anti-housework visionaries of the twentieth century to sketch out a path towards real freedom and free time for the future"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Technologies
- Standards
- Families
- Spaces
- After work.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Hester, Helen, 1983- After work
- ISBN:
- 9781786633071
- 1786633078
- OCLC:
- 1378935646
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