Health and efficiency: fatigue, the science of work, and the making of the working-class body
Auteur :
Blayney, Steffan
Éditeur :
University of Massachusetts Press
ISBN :
9781625346490
Date de publication :
29 juil. 2022
Dimensions :
22,6 x 14,9 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
134 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Under this new ‘science of work’ that emerged in Britain between 1870 and 1939 fatigue was seen as the ultimate pathology of the working-class body, reducing workers’ capacity to perform continued physical or mental labour. As Steffan Blayney shows, the equation between health and efficiency did not go unchallenged.