{"product_id":"9781526605023","title":"Work : A History of How We Spend Our Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e_______________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A fascinating exploration that challenges our basic assumptions of what work means' - Yuval Noah Harari\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'There is eminently underlinable stuff on most pages ... Fascinating' - The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'One of those few books that will turn your customary ways of thinking upside down' - Susan Cain\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Illuminating' - New Statesman\n\u003cbr\u003e_______________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA revolutionary new history of humankind through the prism of work, from the origins of life on Earth to our ever more automated present\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe work we do brings us meaning, moulds our values, determines our social status and dictates how we spend most of our time. But this wasn't always the case: for 95% of our species' history, work held a radically different importance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow, then, did work become the central organisational principle of our societies? How did it transform our bodies, our environments, our views on equality and our sense of time? And why, in a time of material abundance, are we working more than ever before?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52904469233973,"sku":"EB_SS0500_I15-02_DUBAI","price":78.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0971\/7773\/1381\/files\/9781526605023-1.jpg?v=1789405955","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.ae\/ar\/products\/9781526605023","provider":"Books Kinokuniya UAE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}