The overworked American : the unexpected decline of leisure
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The overworked American : the unexpected decline of leisure
BasicBooks, c1991
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Bibliography: p. 219-234
Includes index
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ISBN 9780465054336
Description
This pathbreaking book documents for the first time the unanticipated decline in leisure both at work and in the home over the last twenty years and explains why Americans enjoy less leisure today than at any other time since the end of World War II.. This pathbreaking book explains why, contrary to all expectations, Americans are working harder than ever. Juliet Schor presents the astonishing news that over the past twenty years our working hours have increased by the equivalent of one month per yeara dramatic spurt that has hit everybody: men and women, professionals as well as low-paid workers. Why are weunlike every other industrialized Western nationrepeatedly choosing money over time? And what can we do to get off the treadmill? 046505434x the Overworked American : the Unexpected Decline of Leisure
Table of Contents
The Overworked American Time Squeeze: The Extra Month of Work A Life at Hard Labor: Capitalism and Working Hours Overwork in the Household The Insidious Cycle of Work-and-Spend Exiting the Squirrel Cage
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: pbk ISBN 9780465054343
Description
This pathbreaking book explains why, contrary to all expectations, Americans are working harder than ever. Juliet Schor presents the astonishing news that over the past twenty years our working hours have increased by the equivalent of one month per year,a dramatic spurt that has hit everybody: men and women, professionals as well as low-paid workers. Why are we,unlike every other industrialized Western nation,repeatedly "choosing" money over time? And what can we do to get off the treadmill?
Table of Contents
* The Overworked American * Time Squeeze: The Extra Month of Work * A Life at Hard Labor: Capitalism and Working Hours * Overwork in the Household * The Insidious Cycle of Work-and-Spend * Exiting the Squirrel Cage
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