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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456963203321

Autore

St. Clair Michael <1940->

Titolo

So much, so fast, so little time [[electronic resource] ] : coming to terms with rapid change and its consequences / / Michael St. Clair

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, CA, : Praeger, c2011

ISBN

1-283-21408-3

9786613214089

0-313-39276-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Disciplina

155.2/4

Soggetti

Change

Change (Psychology)

Technological innovations - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1: What Is Happening to Us? And Why?; 2: So Much Information Is Changing How We Think; 3: Communication, Entertainment, and Overstimulation; 4: Work: How It Changes and How It Changes Us; 5: New Behaviors and Changes in Manners; 6: Faster and Faster Time; 7: Families, Women, and Sex; 8: Making Sense of Contradictory Social Trends; 9: Conclusion; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the extraordinary changes that technology brings and how these affect all of us and our families-at home, at school, and at our work places-with profound consequences for society.