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The Week: A History of the Unnatural Rhythms That Made Us Who We Are

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An investigation into the evolution of the seven-day week and how our attachment to its rhythms influences how we live


We take the seven-day week for granted, rarely asking what anchors it or what it does to us. Yet weeks are not dictated by the natural order. They are, in fact, an artificial construction of the modern world.


With meticulous archival research that draws on a wide array of sources—including newspapers, restaurant menus, theater schedules, marriage records, school curricula...