{"product_id":"doing-nothing-a-history-of-loafers-loungers-slackers-and-bums-in-america-paperback","title":"Doing Nothing: A History of Loafers, Loungers, Slackers, and Bums in America - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTom Lutz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCouch 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, 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.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoving with verve and wit through a series of case studies that illuminate the changing place of leisure in the American republic, \u003ci\u003eDoing Nothing \u003c\/i\u003erevises the way we understand slackers and work itself.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Lutz\u003c\/b\u003e 's previous books include \u003ci\u003eCrying: A Natural and Cultural History of Tears\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAmerican Nervousness, 1903: An Anecdotal History\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan Vistas\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Los Angeles and Iowa City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52340088832274,"sku":"9780865477377","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/S1FPT2ZnWUxESm1DM2tuaHB2MUZrUT09.webp?v=1780495017","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/doing-nothing-a-history-of-loafers-loungers-slackers-and-bums-in-america-paperback","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}