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This text is part of a series that aims to involve students actively in their study of the subject and encourage them to consider each topic in its wider social context. Practical assignments are provided through questions, essays and ideas for course work and students' own research. This text provides a picture of the social organization of work and leisure and looks at how these have changed through time. Chapters are included on sociological approaches to work and production, changing patterns of work from the pre-industrial to post-industrial times, and recent patterns of employment.