Doing Nothing A History of Loafers, Loungers, Slackers and Bums in America

"Rather than focus exclusively on what we think of as the modern slacker...[Tom Lutz] delves into the rich history of slackers past, while exploring his own and society's complex attitudes toward work and leisure. Like Lutz's brilliant study of weeping, CRYING: A NATURAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF TEARS, it's a highly intelligent, stimulatingly eclectic and impressively learned book."Lutz, Tom is the author of 'Doing Nothing A History of Loafers, Loungers, Slackers and Bums in America' with ISBN 9780865476509 and ISBN 0865476500.