Busier than ever! [electronic resource] : why American families can't slow down / Charles N. Darrah, James M. Freeman, and J.A. English-Lueck.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007.Description: 288 p. ; 23 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 306.872 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ536 .D324 2007eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Busyness -- A journey through busyness -- How are we busy? -- Why are we busy? -- Coping -- The hidden work of thinking ahead -- Making manageable worlds -- When things go wrong -- Building buffers -- Using things -- Connecting people -- Remaking family -- Continuing concerns -- Why it's so hard to say no -- Acknowledgments -- List of families -- Notes -- Works cited -- Family index -- Subject index.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-284) and indexes.

Busyness -- A journey through busyness -- How are we busy? -- Why are we busy? -- Coping -- The hidden work of thinking ahead -- Making manageable worlds -- When things go wrong -- Building buffers -- Using things -- Connecting people -- Remaking family -- Continuing concerns -- Why it's so hard to say no -- Acknowledgments -- List of families -- Notes -- Works cited -- Family index -- Subject index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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