Waiting for the Weekend by Witold Rybczynski | Audiobook

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Listen to free audiobook with a 30 day free trial : https://esound.space/audible Title: Waiting for the Weekend Author: Witold Rybczynski Narrator: Nadia May Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins Language: English Release date: 10-24-00 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Genres: Nonfiction, Social Sciences Summary: In Waiting for the Weekend, Witold Rybczynski unfolds the history of leisure. There have always been breaks from the routine of work: taboo days, market days, public festivals, holy days - we couldn't survive without them. He explores the origins of the week and the observance of the Sabbath, and shows how, beginning with the industrial revolution, when workers began staying home on Mondays, the practice of "keeping Saint Monday" evolved into the familiar institution of the weekend. "At first, the five-day week was common in only three industries: the needle trade, building construction (where well-organized unions had been aggressive in seeking shorter hours), and to a lesser degree printing and publishing, where the change from the half-Saturday to the full-Saturday holiday was slow in coming." Contact: [email protected]

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