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Work : a history of how we spend our time / James Suzman.
By: Suzman, James [author.]
.Publisher: London : Bloomsbury Circus, 2020Description: x, 444 pages : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781526604996; 9781526605016; 9781526605009.Subject(s): Work -- History | Work-life balanceDDC classification: 306.36
Contents:
Introduction: the economic problem -- I. In the beginning -- To live is to work -- Idle hands and busy beaks -- Tools and skills -- Fire's other gifts -- II. The provident environment -- 'The original affluent society' -- Ghosts in the forest -- III. Toiling in the fields -- Leaping off the edge -- Feasts and famines -- Time is money -- The first machines -- IV. Creatures of the city -- The bright lights -- The malady of infinite aspiration -- Top talent --The death of a salaryman -- The new disease.
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 306.36 SUZ (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 018386 |
Introduction: the economic problem -- I. In the beginning -- To live is to work -- Idle hands and busy beaks -- Tools and skills -- Fire's other gifts -- II. The provident environment -- 'The original affluent society' -- Ghosts in the forest -- III. Toiling in the fields -- Leaping off the edge -- Feasts and famines -- Time is money -- The first machines -- IV. Creatures of the city -- The bright lights -- The malady of infinite aspiration -- Top talent --The death of a salaryman -- The new disease.