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The symmetrical family : a study of work and leisure in the London region / Michael Young, Peter Willmott

By: Young, MichaelContributor(s): Willmott, Peter [author]Language: English Publication details: London, Penguin : 1975 Description: xi, 398 pages : illustrations , 18 cmISBN: 0140219080Subject(s): Families -- Great Britain | London (England)DDC classification: 306.85 YOU Summary: In their most ambitious book to date the directors of the Institute of Community Studies have analysed 2,644 interviews with inhabitants of twenty-four local authority areas in the London Metropolitan Region to discover how we spend our lives. What hours we give to work and leisure, and the effects that the changing patterns of work, leisure, technology and social class are having on the form of the contemporary family.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

In their most ambitious book to date the directors of the Institute of Community Studies have analysed 2,644 interviews with inhabitants of twenty-four local authority areas in the London Metropolitan Region to discover how we spend our lives. What hours we give to work and leisure, and the effects that the changing patterns of work, leisure, technology and social class are having on the form of the contemporary family.

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