Charles A Thrall
Biographic Data
| ID | 1468880 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charles A Thrall |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charles A |
| FAMILY NAME | Thrall |
| SIGNATURE | THRALL C A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Philadelphia University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Homework: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Paid Labor at Home ed. by Eileen Boris, Cynthia R. Daniels
434 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE A Celebration of Work is a major contribution to the lore of labor and work in America. It also stands as a remarkably incisive analysis of the relationship between technology and work in a wide variety of occupations. Above all, Best’s book is infused with a love of honest toil and of humanity that cannot but leave the reader with the firm conviction that the author succeeded in his effort to “celebrate” w…
Homework: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Paid Labor at Home
Legal images of the family in the United States: An exercise in using law as data
The Conservative Use of Modern Household Technology
Modern technology is pervasive in everyday life in North America. Any doubts about its importance in giving qualities of immediacy, flexibility, and physical comfort to contemporary life are quickly stilled by spending even a weekend in a country house which lacks electricity and running water. However, obvious as the impact of modern household technology is on ordinary activities pertinent to cooking, cleaning, controlling the environment, and p…
Who Does What: Role Stereotypy, Children's Work, and Continuity Between Generations in the Household Division of Labor
Inclusion of children in the present interview study of 99 families required adaptation of the Blood and Wolfe measures of division of labor. The revised measure of stereotypy reveals a more complex picture than reported previously. There are distinct differences unrelated to objective conditions between families in their attitudes toward children's chores. It is suggested that the best single predictor of a family's division of labor may be the …
Technology, Power, and Social Change
Counting the Jobless: The Impact of Job Rationing on the Measurement of Unemployment
This paper contends that the official definition of unemployment is poorly designed to reflect the size of the population available for work. Certain cultural and normative assumptions which develop as a consequence of the limited supply of jobs influence many individuals who are interested in working to behave in ways which exclude their being classified as unemployed. One of the most important norma tive considerations affecting labor market be…
Technology, Power, and Social Change
Who Does What: Role Stereotypy, Children's Work, and Continuity Between Generations in the Household Division of Labor
Inclusion of children in the present interview study of 99 families required adaptation of the Blood and Wolfe measures of division of labor. The revised measure of stereotypy reveals a more complex picture than reported previously. There are distinct differences unrelated to objective conditions between families in their attitudes toward children's chores. It is suggested that the best single predictor of a family's division of labor may be the …
The Conservative Use of Modern Household Technology
Modern technology is pervasive in everyday life in North America. Any doubts about its importance in giving qualities of immediacy, flexibility, and physical comfort to contemporary life are quickly stilled by spending even a weekend in a country house which lacks electricity and running water. However, obvious as the impact of modern household technology is on ordinary activities pertinent to cooking, cleaning, controlling the environment, and p…
Counting the Jobless: The Impact of Job Rationing on the Measurement of Unemployment
This paper contends that the official definition of unemployment is poorly designed to reflect the size of the population available for work. Certain cultural and normative assumptions which develop as a consequence of the limited supply of jobs influence many individuals who are interested in working to behave in ways which exclude their being classified as unemployed. One of the most important norma tive considerations affecting labor market be…
Technology, Power, and Social Change
Technology, Power, and Social Change
Counting the Jobless: The Impact of Job Rationing on the Measurement of Unemployment
This paper contends that the official definition of unemployment is poorly designed to reflect the size of the population available for work. Certain cultural and normative assumptions which develop as a consequence of the limited supply of jobs influence many individuals who are interested in working to behave in ways which exclude their being classified as unemployed. One of the most important norma tive considerations affecting labor market be…
Who Does What: Role Stereotypy, Children's Work, and Continuity Between Generations in the Household Division of Labor
Inclusion of children in the present interview study of 99 families required adaptation of the Blood and Wolfe measures of division of labor. The revised measure of stereotypy reveals a more complex picture than reported previously. There are distinct differences unrelated to objective conditions between families in their attitudes toward children's chores. It is suggested that the best single predictor of a family's division of labor may be the …
The Conservative Use of Modern Household Technology
Modern technology is pervasive in everyday life in North America. Any doubts about its importance in giving qualities of immediacy, flexibility, and physical comfort to contemporary life are quickly stilled by spending even a weekend in a country house which lacks electricity and running water. However, obvious as the impact of modern household technology is on ordinary activities pertinent to cooking, cleaning, controlling the environment, and p…
Legal images of the family in the United States: An exercise in using law as data
Homework: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Paid Labor at Home ed. by Eileen Boris, Cynthia R. Daniels
434 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE A Celebration of Work is a major contribution to the lore of labor and work in America. It also stands as a remarkably incisive analysis of the relationship between technology and work in a wide variety of occupations. Above all, Best’s book is infused with a love of honest toil and of humanity that cannot but leave the reader with the firm conviction that the author succeeded in his effort to “celebrate” w…
Homework: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Paid Labor at Home
Sociology (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Globalization and Cultural Identity (2 works) · Labour economics (2 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (2 works) · Physics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)