The Second Shift - Softcover

Hochschild, Arlie; Machung, Anne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0142002925 ISBN 13: 9780142002926

Publisher: Penguin Books, 2003

Synopsis

Fifteen years after its first publication, The Second Shift remains just as important and relevant today as it did then. As the majority of women entered the workforce, sociologist and Berkeley professor Arlie Hochschild was one of the first to talk about what really happens in dual-career households. Many people were amazed to find that women still did the majority of childcare and housework even though they also worked outside the home. Now, in this updated edition with a new introduction from the author, we discover how much things have, or have not, changed for women today.

About this title

About the Author:

Arlie Russell Hochschild is the author of The Time Bind and most recently Global Woman, which she edited with Barbara Ehrenreich. She is a tenured professor at University of California, Berkeley.

Review:

The best discussion I have read on what must be the quintessential domestic bind of our time. -- The New York Times Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0142002925
• ISBN 13: 9780142002926
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352