The overworked American
Subtitle: the unexpected decline of leisure
By: Juliet B. Schor.
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 1991
Place of publication: [New York, N.Y.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
Subjects: Leisure -- United States; Hours of labor -- United States
Description: This pathbreaking book explains why, contrary to all expectations, Americans are working harder than ever. The author 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?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-234) and index.

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