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In praise of idleness and other essays

by Bertrand Russell

First published in 1935, this collection of essays examines various social, philosophical and economic themes. It features a proposal for a four-hour working day alongside analyses of architecture, education and the political systems of the early twentieth century.

Accession 20530 ISBN 004304008X Publisher Unwin Paperbacks
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