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 ...

Publisher: Metropolitan Books Henry Holt and Co. 1997

Publication Date: 1997

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Printing

About this title

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.