Doing Nothing: A History of Loafers, Loungers, Slackers, and Bums in America - Brossura

Lutz, Tom

Brossura

ISBN 10: 086547737X ISBN 13: 9780865477377

Casa editrice: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007

Riassunto

Couch potatoes, goof-offs, freeloaders, good-for-nothings, loafers, and loungers: ever since the Industrial Revolution, when the work ethic as we know it was formed, there has been a chorus of slackers ridiculing and lampooning the pretensions of hardworking respectability. Whenever the world of labor changes in significant ways, the pulpits, politicians, and pedagogues ring with exhortations of the value of work, and the slackers answer with a strenuous call of their own: "To do nothing," as Oscar Wilde said, "is the most difficult thing in the world."

Moving with verve and wit through a series of case studies that illuminate the changing place of leisure in the American republic, Doing Nothing revises the way we understand slackers and work itself.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Tom Lutz 's previous books include Crying: A Natural and Cultural History of Tears; American Nervousness, 1903: An Anecdotal History; and Cosmopolitan Vistas. He lives in Los Angeles and Iowa City.

Product Description:

Moving with verve and wit through a series of fascinating case studies that illuminate the changing place of leisure in the American republic, this text revises the way readers understand slackers and work itself.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 086547737X
• ISBN 13: 9780865477377
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 382