Time for life : the surprising ways Americans use their time / John P. Robinson and Geoffrey Godbey ; with a foreword by Robert D. Putnam.
Material type: TextPublisher: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [1999]Copyright date: ©1999Edition: Second editionDescription: xxii, 402 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0271019700
- 9780271019703
- 640.430973
- HN90.T5 R66 1999
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 640.430973 ROB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A411190B |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-392) and index.
1. The use of time -- 2. The speedup of life : time-deepening -- 3. Interpreting the time famine -- 4. Measuring how people spend time -- 5. The overestimated workweek and trends in hours at work -- 6. Trends in housework and family care -- 7. Trends in personal care and travel -- 8. Trends in free time, 1965-1985 -- 9. Trends in television time and other media -- 10. Home computers and use of time -- 11. Social capital and the rest of free time -- 12. Background predictors of time use -- 13. Gender differences and trends : toward an androgynous society -- 14. Widening age gaps in time use -- 15. Status and racial differences in time use -- 16. Perceptions of time pressure -- 17. How people feel about their daily activities -- 18. The results from inputs of time -- 19. Comparisons with other countries -- 20. Issues for the future -- 21. Brother, can you spare some time? -- 22. A 1990s update : trends since 1985.
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