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After Work : a History of the Home and the Fight for Free Time
by Nick Srnicek, Helen Hester
 
Hardcover
$29.39

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Abingdon, Oxon, GBR

After Work: a History of the Home and the Fight for Free TimeAfter Work: a History of the Home and the Fight for Free Time (hardcover)
Pub. Date: 7/18/2023
Publisher: Verso
Price: $11.70
Seller: spellbound, McKeesport, PA, USA
Condition: Like New
Notes: Size: 5x0x8; LIKE NEW! ! ! Has a red or black remainder mark on bottom/exterior edge of pages.
After Work: a History of the Home and the Fight for Free TimeAfter Work: a History of the Home and the Fight for Free Time (Hard cover)
Pub. Date: 2023
Publisher: Verso
Price: $13.24
Seller: Magers and Quinn Booksellers, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Condition: Very Good
Notes: May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.
 
 
 
 

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Overview

"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"--

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  • PID: 18331299084
  • ISBN-13: 9781786633071
  • Publisher: Verso Books
  • Seller: Pumpkin Wholesale Ltd
    Notes: Does it ever feel like you have no free time? You come home after work and instead of finding a space of rest and relaxation, you're confronted by a pile of new tasks to complete-cooking, cleaning, looking after the kids, and so on. In this ground-breaking book, Helen Hester and Nick Srnicek lay out how unpaid work in our homes has come to take up an ever-increasing portion of our lives-how the vacuum of free time has been taken up by vacuuming. Examining the history of the home over the past century-from running water to white goods to smart homes-they show how repeated efforts to reduce the burden of this work have faced a variety of barriers, challenges, and reversals. Charting the trajectory of our domestic spaces over the past century, Hester and Srnicek consider new possibilities for the future, uncovering the abandoned ideas of anti-housework visionaries and sketching out a path towards real free time for all, where everyone is at liberty to pursue their passions, or do nothing at all. It will require rethinking our living arrangements, our expectations and our cities.