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The Second Shift : Working Families and the Revolution at Home by Arlie Hochschild & Anne Machung [Hochschild, Arlie & Machung, Anne] is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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An updated edition of a standard in its field that remains relevant more than twenty years after its original publication.More than twenty years ago, sociologist and University of California, Berkeley, professor Arlie Hochschild set off a tidal wave of conversation and controversy with his bestselling book, The Second Shift In it, she examined what really happens in dual-career households. Adding together time in paid work, child care, and housework, she found that working mothers put in a month of work a year more than their spouses. Updated for a workforce now half female, this edition cites a range of new studies and statistics and includes a new afterword in which Hochschild assesses how much-and how little-has changed for women today.About the AuthorArlie Russell Hochschild is the author of The Time Bind and most recently Global Woman, which she edited with Barbara Ehrenreich. She is a tenured professor at University of California, Berkeley.

Who reads The Second Shift : Working Families and the Revolution at Home?

Author

Arlie Hochschild & Anne Machung [Hochschild, Arlie & Machung, Anne]

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781101575512

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Family & Relationships, Sociology, Science

Rating

4.06 / 5 (83 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14