YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The Overworked American The Unexpected Decline in Leisure by Juliet Schor
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able to analyze Schors findings through a careful definition of the problem, understanding the extent of it, considering how it ca...
In six pages this paper discusses the massive increases of the American workload and its effects upon society and the individual. ...
Lastly, Nina Munk suggests that workers are beginning to liberate themselves by declaring themselves "free agent employees" and sh...
that work is negative and it is a task that is chosen rather than enforced or necessary. If this is considered in terms of the 196...
front panel." Kozierok (2001) also explains that the term "external drive bay" is a "bit of a misnomer" in that the term ex...
The Arts and Heritage section, for instance, lists the new...
of work those appliance could not do. Giedions treatment of this spurt in technological advancement and how it did not provide it...
of peoples in the area, as settlements were logically more concentrated around water. Members of all groups were particularly dev...
In five pages the increase and decline of 2 American holidays are discussed in terms of the significance of winter and solstice ce...
This is a 5 page book review in which the author relates her own upbringing which is in sharp contrast to most members of American...
the second quatrain and then the third, on her own (Downing 126). In so doing, she overturns the Petrarchan convention wherein th...
In ten pages this report discusses the analysis offered by these theorists regarding American politics and the influence of organi...
that in America, an annual vacation that might cost thousands of dollars is thought to be a necessity. The automobile-a depreciati...
Those futurists dreams did indeed come to pass. In times past, the nuclear family consisted of a father who worked for money, a m...
so involved in an activity that nothing else seems to matter; the experience itself is so enjoyable that people will do it even at...
This paper discusses early 20th century leisure and work as conceptualized in urban America in a consideration of Kathy Peiss' 'Le...
the end of face-to-face communication (Stone, 1995). There were both positive and negative social side effects of the new technolo...
easier. Sure, people are not chained to factories, but high priced executives, doctors, lawyers and people in high positions find ...
from that environment. This involves both thinking and problem solving which in turn results in memory formation and learning. T...
is established that she has not yet reached her fourteenth birthday. Yet, she is also shown to be a practical, level-headed girl. ...
ground" (Wilbers, 1996, p. 02D). "The goal is not for one party to vanquish a second party (in the judgment of a third party), bu...
thousands of new jobs in the United States" (Outsourcing creates jobs, study says, 2004-hereafter "Outsourcing, 2004"). Global Ins...
In five pages foreign investment is the primary focus in this assessment of the declining US dollar's pros and cons....
A research paper that addresses the roles played by Romeo and Juliet's parents in the development of their love. The writer offers...
In three pages this paper discusses how Petrarchan love issues are expressed in Romeo and Juliet's structure and language. There ...
tragedy and more of an exploration of childhood, innocence and youthful passion. In the course of pursuing their relationship, and...
This research report focuses on two female Shakespearean characters who are Juliet in Romeo and Juliet and Desdemona in Othello. T...
results in increased growth as competition brakes out, increasing service levels and decreasing prices. The usual economic models ...
In five pages this paper takes an anthropological view of leisure within the context of Phillip R. DeVita and James D'Armstrong's ...
In eight pages the deaths of these female characters are contrasted and compared. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....