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The Second Shift (Paperback)
by Arlie Hochschild (Author), Anne Machung (Author) "SHE is not the same woman in each magazine advertisement, but she is the same idea..." (more)
Key Phrases: sharing showdown, share the second shift, sharing the second shift, Nancy Holt, Evan Holt, Ann Myerson (more...)
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Product Details
  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (April 29, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0142002925
  • ISBN-13: 978-0142002926
  • Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars 11 customer reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #9,820 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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First Sentence:
SHE is not the same woman in each magazine advertisement, but she is the same idea. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sharing showdown, share the second shift, sharing the second shift, leisure gap, backstage support, stalled revolution, gender strategy, marital economy, egalitarian women, surface ideology, uninvolved fathers, gender strategies, primary parenting
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Nancy Holt, Evan Holt, Ann Myerson, Nina Tanagawa, Peter Tanagawa, Carmen Delacorte, Art Winfield, Michael Sherman, Seth Stein, Ray Judson, Carol Alston, Adrienne Sherman, John Livingston, Frank Delacorte, New York, United States, Anita Judson, Greg Alston, San Francisco, Jessica Stein, Little Creek, The&nbs