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What We Really Do All Day

  • Imprint: Pelican

  • ISBN: 9780241285565

  • Length: 384  Pages

  • Dimensions: 181mm x 22mm x 111mm

  • Weight: 222g

  • RRP: £9.99

What We Really Do All Day

How has the way we spend our time changed over the last fifty years?
Are we really working more, sleeping less and addicted to our phones?
What does this mean for our health, wealth and happiness?

Everything we do happens in time and it feels like our lives are busier than ever before. Yet a detailed look at our daily activities reveals some surprising truths about the social and economic structure of the world we live in. This book delves into the unrivalled data collection and expertise of the Centre for Time Use Research to explore fifty-five years of change and what it means for us today.

  • Imprint: Pelican

  • ISBN: 9780241285565

  • Length: 384  Pages

  • Dimensions: 181mm x 22mm x 111mm

  • Weight: 222g

  • RRP: £9.99

Reviews

  • Surprising truths about modern life . . . a fascinating analysis

    The Guardian

  • This book is brilliant at busting myths about how we spend our time . . . its insight into what we do is illuminating . . . it's impossible not to see your life - and those of your parents and children - reflected in the data . . . And that makes reading it an excellent use of time.

    Literary Review

  • Fascinating data, revealing much about our lives in the 21st century

    iNews

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About the Author

Jonathan Gershuny

Jonathan Gershuny is Professor of Economic Sociology in the Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, and Co-Director of the Centre for Time Use Research. His previous books include After Industrial Society? and Changing Times.

Jonathan Gershuny

Oriel Sullivan

Oriel Sullivan is Professor of Sociology of Gender in the Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, and Co-Director of the Centre for Time Use Research. Her previous publications include Changing Gender Relations, Changing Families: Tracing the Pace of Change.

Oriel Sullivan

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