The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline Of LeisureThis 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? |
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User Review - BrentN - LibraryThingThe Overworked American is a well-researched, but dense economic history of the our struggle with the tradeoff between time and money. What really makes this book shine is the data in the latter ... Read full review
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User Review - carterchristian1 - LibraryThingThis book now 20 years old seems especially timely in the current depression era that seems to have no end. In addition to the lack of leisure are the facts of unemployment and the well known now ... Read full review
Contents
The Overworked American | 1 |
The Extra Month of Work | 17 |
Capitalism and Working Hours | 43 |
age Workers Rising Hours | 59 |
he Salaried Laborers Free Hours | 72 |
he Rising Hours of the Postwar | 79 |
he Constancy of Housewives Hours | 86 |
fServices | 94 |
yorkandSpend Js a MiddleClass Affliction | 114 |
he Pitfalls of Consumerism | 122 |
Exiting the Squirrel Cage | 139 |
Appendix | 167 |
Notes | 175 |
| 219 | |
| 235 | |
ousework Today and Tomorrow | 103 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline Of Leisure |
| Author | Juliet Schor |
| Publisher | Basic Books, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0786725257, 9780786725250 |
| Length | 272 pages |
| Subjects | › › Social Science / Sociology / General |
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