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Time for Reflection

Richard Donkin

Chapter Chapter 11 in The Future of Work, 2010, pp 210-219 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract When Sir John Lubbock introduced the Bank Holidays Act of 1871, he did so in recognition that the profit motive of industrialists had pared away leisure time to unacceptable degrees.

Keywords: Football Club; Protestant Work Ethic; Moral Legitimation; European Working Time Directive; Unpaid Leave (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230274198_12

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