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The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure
The Overworked American The Unexpected Decline of Leisure
Author: Juliet B. Schor
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 year -- a dramatic spurt that has hit everybody: men and women, professionals as well as low-paid...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780465054336
ISBN-10: 0465054331
Publication Date: 11/1991
Pages: 247
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Publisher: Basic Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Interesting reading, but would be more so if there were not burdened down with so many statistics.
Being a bestseller, one would think this would have been a "call-to-arms" to bring the unions back, bud sadly over fifteen years later the lack of time off has decreased even more. I know at my job it is less than one day then even last year, & that they wanted to take Independence day away from us this year (& already have it on the agenda to so do next year). Is this what our country has come to---that we cannot even have the holiday off that was to celebrate this nation's freedom???
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Very informative book. I learned a lot about how people used to live - not what I expected. Good information, makes you stop and think about how much time you spend working and wonder why!!!


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