Time for Life: The Surprising Ways Americans Use Their Time

Robinson, John; Godbey, Geoffrey

ISBN 10: 0271016523 / ISBN 13: 9780271016528

Editore: Penn State University Press, 1997

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Riassunto:

Is it possible that Americans have more free time than they did thirty years ago? While few may believe it, research based on careful records of how we actually spend our time shows that we average more than an hour more free time per day than in the 1960s. Time-use experts John P. Robinson and Geoffrey Godbey received national attention when their controversial findings were first published in 1997. Now the book is updated, with a new chapter that includes results of the 1995–1997 data from the Americans' Use of Time Project.

“Time for Life, an outstanding work of scholarship that manages to be highly readable, demands the attention of everyone interested in what’s happening in today’s society.” —Edward Cornish, The Futurist

“Time for Life . . . is excellent fodder for lively classroom discussions, not only about family time use, but about the ontological and epistemological assumptions in the prevailing post-positivist paradigm of family science.” —Alan J. Hawkins and Jeffrey Hill, Journal of Marriage and the Family

“Regardless of where you stand on this issue, Robinson and Godbey's arguments and data make for very interesting reading and open a cultural window on American society. . . . This is a piece of scholarship that should be read and its conclusions contemplated by people well outside the readership of this journal. . . . Time for Life is good social science research that should appeal to a broad audience.” —Journal of Communication

Informazioni sull'autore:

John P. Robinson is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Americans' Use of Time Project at the Survey Research Center at the University of Maryland. He is the senior author of several books dealing with the use of time and the quality of life, includingThe Rhythm of Everyday Life: How Soviet and American Citizens Use Time (1988) andHow Americans Use Time (1977).

Geoffrey Godbey is Professor of Leisure Studies at Penn State University. His most recent book isLeisure in Your Life: An Exploration, 5th Edition (1999).

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Titolo: Time for Life: The Surprising Ways Americans...
Casa editrice: Penn State University Press
Data di pubblicazione: 1997
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: very_good
Edizione: seconda edizione