Title:
Shadow work : the unpaid, unseen jobs that fill your day
Author:
Publication Date:
2015
Publication Information:
Berkeley : Counterpoint, [2015]
©2015
Physical Description:
277 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781619025257
Abstract:
Examines the growing number of unpaid tasks that people do on behalf of businesses or organizations as a result of new technology and growing personnel costs, as well as the effect of this trend on personal leisure, consumer experience, and society.
Contents:
Middle-class serfdom -- Shadow work in the home and family life -- Shadow work at the office -- Shadow work in restaurants, travel, shopping -- Shadow work on computers and the Internet -- The twilight of leisure.
Language:
English
