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1. From field to factory and beyond :
Original affluence?
Medieval Church time, modern clock time
Commodified time
Industrial time-discipline
Time-work discipline in the twenty-first century
Gendered time
2. Work-time reduction in the US :
Citizenship, leisure, education, and health
From haymarket to Henry Ford
Work sharing and fair labor
Two 30-hour experiments
Conclusion
3. Current trends :
Annual hours
Weekly hours
Overtime
Non-standard work
Non-standard schedules
Hours mismatches
4. Work-family, work-life :
From family-based to family consumer economy
Women's labor-force participation
Family structure and employment hours
Housework, child care, and free time
Work-family
Private adaptations
Workplace and public policy initiatives
Work-life
5. Work time outside the US :
Work hours in industrialized nations
Work hours regulations in Europe
Women's part-time employment in Europe
Family policies
European couple's work-hour strategies
Work hours in transition and developing countries
Work hours preferences
Conclusion
6. A new political economy of work time :
The electronic cottage
Customized time: two forms
Recommendations for change
Work time and environmental sustainability
Conclusion.
Original affluence?
Medieval Church time, modern clock time
Commodified time
Industrial time-discipline
Time-work discipline in the twenty-first century
Gendered time
2. Work-time reduction in the US :
Citizenship, leisure, education, and health
From haymarket to Henry Ford
Work sharing and fair labor
Two 30-hour experiments
Conclusion
3. Current trends :
Annual hours
Weekly hours
Overtime
Non-standard work
Non-standard schedules
Hours mismatches
4. Work-family, work-life :
From family-based to family consumer economy
Women's labor-force participation
Family structure and employment hours
Housework, child care, and free time
Work-family
Private adaptations
Workplace and public policy initiatives
Work-life
5. Work time outside the US :
Work hours in industrialized nations
Work hours regulations in Europe
Women's part-time employment in Europe
Family policies
European couple's work-hour strategies
Work hours in transition and developing countries
Work hours preferences
Conclusion
6. A new political economy of work time :
The electronic cottage
Customized time: two forms
Recommendations for change
Work time and environmental sustainability
Conclusion.