Work: The Last 1,000 Years

"Deeply researched, lucid and persuasive."
–Joe Moran, Times Literary Supplement

Tracing the complexity and contradictory nature of work throughout history

Say the word “work,” and most people think of some form of gainful employment. Yet this limited definition has never corresponded to the historical experience of most people—whether in colonies, developing countries, or the industrialized world.
That gap between common assumptions and reality grows even more pronounced in the case of women...