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9780465054343

The Overworked American The Unexpected Decline Of Leisure

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  • ISBN13:

    9780465054343

  • ISBN10:

    046505434X

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1993-03-24
  • Publisher: Basic Books

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Summary

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?

Author Biography

Juliet Schor is associate professor of economics at Harvard University

Table of Contents

Preface to the Paperback Edition xv
Preface xvii
The Overworked American
1(16)
Time Squeeze: The Extra Month of Work
17(26)
``A Life at Hard Labor'': Capitalism and Working Hours
43(40)
Overwork in the Household
83(24)
The Insidious Cycle of Work-and-Spend
107(32)
Exiting the Squirrel Cage
139(28)
Appendix 167(8)
Notes 175(44)
Bibliography 219(16)
Index 235

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