The Second Shift
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| Author | Arlie Russell Hochschild with Anne Machung |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Nonfiction social science |
| Publisher | Viking Penguin |
Publication date | 1989, with reissues in 1997 and 2012 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| ISBN | 9780143120339 (2012 release) |
The Second Shift: Working Parents and the Revolution at Home is a book by Arlie Russell Hochschild with Anne Machung, first published in 1989. It was reissued in 2012 with updated data. In the text, Hochschild investigates and portrays the double burden experienced by late-20th-century employed mothers.