The Second Shift: Working Families and the Revolution at Home

354 Pages·2003·4.134 MB·English

by  Arlie Hochschild, Anne Machung

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Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments
XVII
Introduction
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CHAPTER 1 A Speedi-ntu hpeF amily 1
CHAPTER 2 Marriaignte h eS talRleevdo lution 11
CHAPTER 3 TheC ultuCroavle r-up 23
CHAPTER 4 JoeyP'rso bleNma:n cayn dE vaHno lt 35
CHAPTER 5 TheF amiMlyyt ho ft heT raditional:
Franka ndC armeDne lacorte 62
CHAPTER 6 A NotioonfM anhooadn dG iviTnhga nks:
Petearn dN inTaa nagawa 79
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CHAPTER 7 HavinIgtA laln dGiviIntgU p:
Ann andR obeMryt erson 100
CHAPTER 8 A ScarcoiftG yr atitude:
Setahn dJ essSitceai n 116
CHAPTER 9 · An UnsteaMdayr riaagned Jao bS heL oves:
Anitaan dR ayJ udson 135
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CHAPTER 10 The" Hisa"n d" Herosf"S haring:
Greagn dC aroAll ston 149
CHAPTER 11 NoT imeT ogether: aBnadrJ boahrna
Livingston 167
CHAPTER 12 ShariSnhgo wdowann dN aturDarli ft:
Pathwatyost heN ewM an 181
CHAPTER 13 BeneatthheC over-Sutpr:a teagnidSe tsr ains 196
CHAPTER 14 TensioinnMs a rriaignae n A geo fD ivorce 213
CHAPTER 15 MenW hoD o andM enW hoD on't 226
CHAPTER 16 TheW orkinWgi fAes U rbanizPienags ant 250
CHAPTER 17 SteppiinngtO ol dB iograpohri es
MakinHgi stoHrya ppen? 269
AppenRdesiexar ocnWh h oD oest heH ousework
andC hilCda re 285
Notes 293
SelReecatdeidn g 303
Index 315
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