Idle Threats : Men and the Limits of Productivity in Nineteenth Century America /

The 19th century witnessed an explosion of writing about unproductivity, with the exploits of various idlers, loafers, and "gentlemen of refinement" capturing the imagination o fa country that was deeply ambivalent about its work ethic. Idle Threats documents this American obsession with u...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Knighton, Andrew Lyndon
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Leisure.
Labor productivity.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Productivite > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Loisir > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Labor productivity > United States > History > 19th century.
Leisure > United States > History > 19th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Bartleby industry and Bartleby's idleness
  • Repose : the expression and experience of the circulatory sublime
  • The line of productiveness : fear at the frontiers
  • Vital reserves revisited : the energies of the social body
  • Conclusion : idle thoughts and useless knowledge in the American Renaissance, and beyond.

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