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The Second Shift

The Second Shift: Working Parents and the Revolution at Home is a book by Arlie Russell Hochschild with Anne Machung, first published in 1989. It was reissued in 2012 with updated data. In the text, Hochschild investigates and portrays the double burden experienced by late-20th-century employed mothers.

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Author
Arlie Russell Hochschild with Anne Machung
Genre
Nonfiction social science
Publication date
1989, with reissues in 1997 and 2012
Publisher
Viking Penguin
Language
English
Media type
Print (Hardback & Paperback)

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The Second Shift

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The Second Shiftrelated to SummaryCoined0.60section
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