Christopher K. Andrews

The Overworked Consumer

Self-Checkouts, Supermarkets, and the Do-It-Yourself Economy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book uses empirical data to qualify contemporary social concerns regarding automation and jobs, while raising questions about the increasing creep of unpaid work into Americans' leisure time.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 498g
• ISBN-13: 9781498543781
• ISBN-10: 1498543782
• Artikelnr.: 53930151

Autorenporträt

By Christopher K. Andrews

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables and Figures Preface Chapter 1: Self
Service and the Do
It
Yourself Economy Chapter 2: Putting Customers to Work Chapter 3: Supermarkets, Self
Checkout Lanes, and Self
Service Chapter 4: Why Are There Still So Many Jobs? Chapter 5: Shopping With the Lonely Crowd Chapter 6: The Overworked Consumer References