Time
for Life The Surprising Ways Americans Use Their Time
Second
Edition
John Robinson & Geoffrey
Godbey
1999 | 6 x 9 inches
Paperback: $23.95 TR
ISBN: 978-0-271-01970-3
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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.
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, including The Rhythm of
Everyday Life: How Soviet and American Citizens Use Time (Westview,
1988) and How Americans Use Time (Praeger, 1977).
Geoffrey Godbey is Professor of Leisure Studies at Penn State
University. His most recent book is Leisure in Your Life: An Exploration, 5th Edition (Venture Publishing, 1999).
