Busy bodies : why our time-obsessed society keeps us running in place

Author(s)

• Burns, Leland Smith

Bibliographic Information

Busy bodies : why our time-obsessed society keeps us running in place

Lee Burns ; with illustrations by Shinji Isozaki

W.W. Norton, c1993

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-377) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Why did cats replace dogs as America's most popular pet in the 1980s? Why is the sound bite replacing political oratory? Why are juvenile suicide rates soaring? The answer, explains Lee Burns, is that there is too little time - to walk the dog, think, or pay attention to our children. Using humourous anacdotes and revealing statistics, the author shows how our obsession with time-efficiency affects virtually all spheres of daily life, from the pressure to cram in evermore information to the search for a quicker dinner.

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Details

• NCID: BA20418703
• ISBN:
  • 0393033627
• LCCN: 92020593
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: 400 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HN90.T5
  • DC20 : 640/.43
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Time management -- United States
  • LCSH : Life style -- United States