A geography of time : the temporal misadventures of a social psychologist, or how every culture keeps time just a little bit differently / Robert Levine.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : BasicBooks, [1997]Copyright date: ©1997Edition: First editionDescription: xx, 258 pages ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0465028926
- 9780465028924
- 304.23
- HM291. L44 1997
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 304.23 LEV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A187418B |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-245) and index.
Acknowledgments -- Preface: Time Talks, With an Accent -- Pt. I. Social Time: The Heartbeat of Culture -- 1. Tempo: The Speed of Life -- 2. Duration: The Psychological Clock -- 3. A Brief History of Clock Time -- 4. Living on Event Time -- 5. Time and Power: The Rules of the Waiting Game -- Pt. II. Fast, Slow, and the Quality of Life -- 6. Where Is Life Fastest? -- 7. Health, Wealth, Happiness, and Charity -- 8. Japan's Contradiction -- Pt. III. Changing Pace -- 9. Time Literacy: Learning the Silent Language -- 10. Minding Your Time, Timing Your Mind -- Notes -- Index.
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