The Second Shift
Working Parents and the Revolution in the Home
Piatkus Books (Publisher)
Published on 27. September 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-7499-1018-1 (ISBN)
Description
A compassionate view of couples struggling to find time and energy for jobs, children and marriage. The last 20 years have seen a revolution in the job-market and at home as increasing numbers of women have entered the workforce. For working parents today, there is a second shift - the job they do before they get to the office and after they return home. In many marriages, it is the job that tears the family apart. This book aims to help couples through the practical and ideological difficulties of raising children and maintaining a household while both parents work. Over an eight-year period, Dr.Hochschild interviewed couples and observed them as they cooked dinner, shopped, bathed their children and fought against time to accomplish the consuming tasks they'd undertaken. She looks at the division of domestic tasks and they way men and women cope with the gap between their ideals and the reality of overextended lives.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 155 mm
Weight
514 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7499-1018-1 (9780749910181)
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