{"product_id":"doing-nothing-9780865477377","title":"Doing Nothing","description":"\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\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Lutz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780865477377\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Strauss \u0026 Giroux-3pl","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40431478898803,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":29.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_d4d5f82b-1c3d-4dff-b6c2-9c3977d0579b.jpg?v=1662906101","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/doing-nothing-9780865477377","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}