Doing Nothing: A History of Loafers, Loungers, Slackers, and Bums in America by Tom Lutz

From The Author Of Crying, A Witty, Wide-ranging Cultural History Of Our Attitudes Toward Work---and Getting Out Of It couch Potatoes, Goof-offs, Freeloaders, Good-for-nothings, Loafers, And Loungers: Ever Since The Industrial Revolution, When The Work Ethic As We Know It Was Formed, There Has Been A Chorus Of Slackers Ridiculing And Lampooning The Pretensions Of Hardworking Respectability. Reviled By Many, Heroes To Others, These Layabouts Stretch And Yawn While The Rest Of Society Worries And Sweats. whenever The World Of Labor Changes In Significant Ways, The Pulpits, Politicians, And Pedagogues Ring With Exhortations Of The Value Of Work, And The Slackers Answer With A Strenuous Call Of Their Own: To Do Nothing, As Oscar Wilde Said, Is The Most Difficult Thing In The World. From Benjamin Franklin S Air Baths To Jack Kerouac S Dharma Bums, Generation-x Slackers, And Beyond, Anti-work-ethic Proponents Have Held A Central Place In Modern Culture. moving With Verve And Wit Through A Series Of Fascinating Case Studies That Illuminate The Changing Place Of Leisure In The American Republic, doing Nothing Revises The Way We Understand Slackers And Work Itself. the New York Times - Dave Barry … There's Plenty Of Interesting Reading In doing Nothing, Which Left Me With A Deeper Appreciation For The Value Of Not Working. In Fact, I Wish I Could Do More Of It. Alas, I Cannot: These Toenails Aren't Going To Clip Themselves. This 2007 Farrar, Straus and Giroux Paperback is in good condition.

ISBN: 9780865477377 SKU: 1300639 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book.

Location: Non Fiction