Description
| Product ID: | 9781526605023 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Work |
| Subtitle: | A History of How We Spend Our Time |
| Authors: | Author: James Suzman |
| Page Count: | 464 |
| Subjects: | Sociology and anthropology, Sociology & anthropology, Sociology: work and labour, Office and workplace, Sociology: work & labour, Office & workplace |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating _______________‘A fascinating exploration that challenges our basic assumptions of what work means' - Yuval Noah Harari'There is eminently underlinable stuff on most pages ... Fascinating' - The Times'One of those few books that will turn your customary ways of thinking upside down' - Susan Cain'Illuminating' - New Statesman_______________A revolutionary new history of humankind through the prism of work, from the origins of life on Earth to our ever more automated presentThe work we do brings us meaning, moulds our values, determines our social status and dictates how we spend most of our time. But this wasn’t always the case: for 95% of our species’ history, work held a radically different importance. How, then, did work become the central organisational principle of our societies? How did it transform our bodies, our environments, our views on equality and our sense of time? And why, in a time of material abundance, are we working more than ever before? _______________‘A fascinating exploration that challenges our basic assumptions of what work means'' - Yuval Noah Harari''There is eminently underlinable stuff on most pages ... Fascinating'' - The Times''One of those few books that will turn your customary ways of thinking upside down'' - Susan Cain''Illuminating'' - New Statesman_______________A revolutionary new history of humankind through the prism of work, from the origins of life on Earth to our ever more automated presentThe work we do brings us meaning, moulds our values, determines our social status and dictates how we spend most of our time. But this wasn’t always the case: for 95% of our species’ history, work held a radically different importance.How, then, did work become the central organisational principle of our societies? How did it transform our bodies, our environments, our views on equality and our sense of time? And why, in a time of material abundance, are we working more than ever before? |
| Imprint Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-09-02 |
