Easy Living: The Rise of the Home Office

by Elizabeth A Patton and Elizabeth A. Patton

Book Overview

How did Americans come to believe that working at home is feasible, productive, and desirable? Easy Living examines how the idea of working within the home was constructed and disseminated in popular culture and mass media during the twentieth century. Through the analysis of national magazines and newspapers, television and film, and marketing and advertising materials from the housing, telecommunications, and office technology industries,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1978802226
• ISBN13: 9781978802223
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"