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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Blackstone Audio Inc
Publication date
November 20, 2011
Binding
Cassette/Spoken Word
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780786103232
ISBN-10
078610323X
Dimensions
1.25 by 7 by 10 in.
Weight
0.85 lbs.
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Out of Print
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$32.95
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audio
§As reported by publisher
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: [Read by Wanda McCaddon]
Explore the history and the nature of the time we consider ''our own''.
''We work,'' Aristotle wrote, ''in order to have leisure.'' Today, this is still true. But is the leisure that Aristotle spoke of--the freedom to do nothing--the same as the leisure we look forward to each weekend?
There have always been breaks from the routine of work--taboo days, market days, public festivals, holy days--we couldn't survive without them. In Waiting for the Weekend, Witold Rybczynski unfolds the history and evolution of leisure time in Western civilization, from Aristotle, through the Middle Ages, to the present. Along the way, he explores how the psychological needs that leisure time seeks to fulfill have changed as the nature of work has changed.
Explore the history and the nature of the time we consider ''our own''.
''We work,'' Aristotle wrote, ''in order to have leisure.'' Today, this is still true. But is the leisure that Aristotle spoke of--the freedom to do nothing--the same as the leisure we look forward to each weekend?
There have always been breaks from the routine of work--taboo days, market days, public festivals, holy days--we couldn't survive without them. In Waiting for the Weekend, Witold Rybczynski unfolds the history and evolution of leisure time in Western civilization, from Aristotle, through the Middle Ages, to the present. Along the way, he explores how the psychological needs that leisure time seeks to fulfill have changed as the nature of work has changed.
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9780786103232 | details & prices | 7.00 × 10.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $32.95
About: [Read by Wanda McCaddon] Explore the history and the nature of the time we consider ''our own''.
About: [Read by Wanda McCaddon] Explore the history and the nature of the time we consider ''our own''.
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