This encyclopedic audiobook is equal parts sociology and arcane history about the human impact of the seven-day week. It takes a supremely talented narrator to pull together Henkin's pithy knowledge into a satisfying story, and it gets one in Pete Cross. With youthful energy, his creative pitch patterns and perfectly timed phrasing accents bring variety and joy to the production. The author is a friendly writer and an expert on the uses and impact of the seven-day week. Sacred days, days of work and rest, and structuring the past and future are part of the week’s origin story, along with providing a habitual rhythm to events like Tuesday Elks meetings, the weekly newspaper, and household chores. Cross’s sparkling performance makes this a quick listen. T.W. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine
We take the seven-day week for granted, rarely asking what anchors it or what it does to us. Yet weeks are not dictated by the natural order. They are, in fact, an artificial construction of the modern world. With meticulous archival research that draws on a wide array of sources-including newspapers, restaurant menus, theater schedules, marriage records, school curricula, folklore, housekeeping guides, courtroom testimony, and diaries-David Henkin reveals how our current devotion to weekly rhythms emerged in the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century. Reconstructing how weekly patterns have insinuated themselves into the social practices and mental habits of Americans, Henkin argues that the week is more than just a regimen of rest days or breaks from work: it's a dominant organizational principle of modern society. Ultimately, the seven-day week shapes our understanding and experience of time.
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The Week: A History of the Unnatural Rhythms That Made Us Who We Are
We take the seven-day week for granted, rarely asking what anchors it or what it does to us. Yet weeks are not dictated by the natural order. They are, in fact, an artificial construction of the modern world. With meticulous archival research that draws on a wide array of sources-including newspapers, restaurant menus, theater schedules, marriage records, school curricula, folklore, housekeeping guides, courtroom testimony, and diaries-David Henkin reveals how our current devotion to weekly rhythms emerged in the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century. Reconstructing how weekly patterns have insinuated themselves into the social practices and mental habits of Americans, Henkin argues that the week is more than just a regimen of rest days or breaks from work: it's a dominant organizational principle of modern society. Ultimately, the seven-day week shapes our understanding and experience of time.
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| BN ID: | 2940173128881 |
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| Publisher: | Dreamscape Media |
| Publication date: | 11/16/2021 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
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