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Free time : the history of an elusive ideal / Gary S. Cross.
Lippincott Library HD4904.7 .C76 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cross, Gary S., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Leisure--History.
- Leisure.
- Labor--History.
- Labor.
- Work-life balance--History.
- Work-life balance.
- Genre:
- History
- Physical Description:
- 339 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "In a sweeping historical analysis, Gary Cross explains why affluence in America has not freed more time from work and why free time is often frustrating"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The Trouble with Time Today
- Two Traditional Cultures and the Capitalist Revolution
- Modernizing Free Time: The Other Side of the Capitalist Revolution
- Time Struggles and the Settlements of the 20th Century
- Failed Expectations: Why Free Time Stopped Growing
- Failed Expectations: Why Free Time Culture Frustrates
- Fast Consumer Capitalism: An Emerging Bias Against Slow Culture
- Funneled Capitalism: The Changing Meanings of Self and Society in Free Time
- Making Time for Culture.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781479813070
- 1479813079
- OCLC:
- 1368047823
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