Pressed for time : the acceleration of life in digital capitalism / Judy Wajcman.

Author/creator Wajcman, Judy author.
Format Book
PublicationChicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Descriptionx, 215 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Time--Sociological aspects.
Time pressure.
Time perception--Social aspects.
Information technology--Social aspects.
Technological innovations--Social aspects.

Contents Introduction. Tools for time -- High-speed society: is the pace of life accelerating? -- Time and motion: machines and the making of modernity -- The time-pressure paradox -- Working with constant connectivity -- Doing domestic time -- Time to talk: intimacy through technology -- Finding time in a digital age.
General noteIncludes index.
LCCN 2014010889
ISBN9780226196473 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN022619647X (cloth : alk. paper)
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