Time for things :: labor, leisure, and the rise of mass consumption /

"Time for Things seeks an answer to the question of why, in mature industrial capitalist societies, increasing productivity has tended to get used to increase output and consumption as opposed to reducing the burden of work. Put simply, why do we live in a world so full of goods, many of which...

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1. Verfasser: Rosenberg, Stephen D., 1966- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2021.
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Zusammenfassung:"Time for Things seeks an answer to the question of why, in mature industrial capitalist societies, increasing productivity has tended to get used to increase output and consumption as opposed to reducing the burden of work. Put simply, why do we live in a world so full of goods, many of which have questionable or marginal value, and (by comparison) so lacking in free time?"--
Beschreibung:1 online resource (346 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780674250543
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