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Rabinbach, Anson From Idleness to Fatigue 1990 Book Chapter History of Work, German History, Modernity, Idleness Idleness, Fatigue, Utopia, Nineteenth-Century, Well-Being, Human Motor
Citation Rabinbach, Anson 1990 Book Chapter Idleness Fatigue Utopia Nineteenth-Century Well-Being Human Motor History of Work German History Modernity Idleness

"From Idleness to Fatigue"

by Rabinbach, Anson (1990)

Keywords

Idleness, Fatigue, Utopia, Nineteenth-Century, Well-Being, Human Motor

Themes

History of Work, German History, Modernity, Idleness

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Citation

Rabinbach, Anson. “From Idleness to Fatigue.” The Human Motor: Energy, Fatigue, and the Origins of Modernity, edited by Anson Rabinbach, Basic Books, 1990, pp. 19–44.

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