The Time Bind When Work Becomes Home and Home Becomes Work

Hochschild, Arlie Russell

ISBN 10: 080504471X / ISBN 13: 9780805044713

Published by Metropolitan Books Henry Holt and Co. 1997, 1997

About this Item

Soft Cover. Very Good. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Crease line down spine, corner tips lightly rubbed and curled. (Author of The Second Shift).

Seller Inventory # 012427

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Time Bind When Work Becomes Home and Home Becomes Work
• Publisher: Metropolitan Books Henry Holt and Co. 1997
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080504471X
• ISBN 13: 9780805044713
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Edition: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Business and Economics

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Synopsis

A study of America's work/family time-dilemma examines why many working parents decline the offer to take family-friendly leaves from work, instead choosing to flee homes invaded by the pressures of work and using the workplace as kind of surrogate home. Reprint.

About the Author

Arlie Russell HochsChild is the author of two New York Times Notable Books of the Year, The Second Shift and The Managed Heart. A professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, she lives in San Francisco.