The Pleasure of a Surplus Income

The Pleasure of a Surplus IncomePublished in Association with the German Historical Institute, Washington, D. C. At a time when part time jobs are ubiquitous, it is easy to forget that they are a relatively new phenomenon. This book explores the reasons behind the introduction of this specific form of work in West Germany and shows how it took root, in both norm and law, in factories, government authorities, and offices as well as within families and the lives of individual women.

and countless others who seem always to threaten human life without facing the consequences

provides important lessons that can and should be incorporated into health policy

given expression in his groundbreaking mapping work on his homeland

and male intellectuality

" so as to better deal with the problems posed by the twenty-first century

progressively informing educational thinking since the early-twentieth century

Organizational structure

and digital media engage with a diverse set of texts by British Romantic writers

as well as an in-depth look at the issues concerning the relationship between the public and the private

she cannot find a rational reason not to marry him

Henri Lefebvre

and hand-woven carpets and fabric