Working At Night
The Temporal Organisation of Labour Across Political and Economic Regimes
Contributor(s)
Dušková, Lucie (editor)
Duijzings, Ger (editor)
Language
EnglishAbstract
The night has always and almost universally represented a special ‘out of the ordinary’ temporal zone with its own meanings, possibilities, and dangers. It is only since the modern era that the night has become increasingly ‘normalised’. Although 24/7 industrial production is often seen as a consequence of capitalist expansion, other political and economic regimes adopted the ‘night shift’, normalising it as part of an alternative modernity.
Keywords
night shift work; industrial labour; labour history; modernity; 24/7.DOI
10.1515/9783110753592ISBN
9783110753592, 9783110752885, 9783110753646, 9783110753592Publisher
De GruyterPublisher website
https://www.degruyter.com/Publication date and place
Berlin/Boston, 2022Imprint
De Gruyter OldenbourgClassification
History and Archaeology
c 1500 onwards to present day
20th century, c 1900 to c 1999
Social and cultural history
Industrialisation and industrial history