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Author Hochschild, Arlie Russell, 1940-

Title The time bind : when work becomes home and home becomes work / Arlie Russell Hochschild.

Imprint New York : Metropolitan Books, 1997.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  306.36 H657t    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xv, 316 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-307) and index.
Contents Pt.1. About time -- The waving window -- Managed values and long days -- An angel of an idea -- Family values and reversed worlds -- Pt.2. From executive suite to factory floor -- Giving at the office -- The administrative mother -- "All my friends are worker bees": being a part-time professional -- "I'm still married": work as an escape value -- "Catching up on the soaps": male pioneers in the culture of time -- What if the boss says no? -- "I want them to grow up to be good single moms" -- The overextended family -- Overtime hounds -- Pt.3. Implications and alternatives -- The third shift -- Evading the time bind -- Making time.
Subject Dual-career families.
Work and family.
Sex role.
Working mothers.
ISBN 0805044701 (alk. paper)

 
    
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