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Doing Nothing: A History of Loafers, Loungers, Slackers, and Bums in America
Doing Nothing A History of Loafers Loungers Slackers and Bums in America
Author: Tom Lutz
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. Whenever the world of labor changes in significant ways, the pulpits, po...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780865477377
ISBN-10: 086547737X
Publication Date: 5/15/2007
Pages: 384
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Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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