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• catalog abstract "In this engaging and spirited book, eminent social psychologist Robert Levine asks us to explore a dimension of our experience that we take for granted - our perception of time. When we travel to a different country, or even a different city in the United States, we assume that a certain amount of cultural adjustment will be required, whether it's getting used to new food or negotiating a foreign language, adapting to a different standard of living or another currency. In fact, what contributes most to our sense of disorientation is having to adapt to another culture's sense of time. Levine, who has devoted his career to studying time and the pace of life, takes us on an enchanting tour of time through the ages and around the world. As he recounts his unique experiences with humor and deep insight, we travel with him to Brazil, where to be three hours late is perfectly acceptable, and to Japan, where he finds a sense of the long-term that is unheard of in the West. We visit communities in the United States and find that population size affects the pace of life - and even the pace of walking. We travel back in time to ancient Greece to examine early clocks and sundials, then move forward through the centuries to the beginnings of "clock time" during the Industrial Revolution. Levine raises some fascinating questions. How do we use our time? Are we being ruled by the clock? What is this doing to our cities? To our relationships? To our own bodies and psyches? Are there decisions we have made without conscious choice? Alternative tempos we might prefer? Perhaps, Levine argues, our goal should be to try to live in a "multitemporal" society, one in which we learn to move back and forth among nature time, event time, and clock time.".
• catalog contributor b10331067.
• catalog created "c1997.".
• catalog date "1997".
• catalog date "c1997.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
• catalog description "Acknowledgments -- Preface : Time talks with an accent -- pt. 1. Social time : the heartbeat of culture -- 1. Tempo : the speed of life -- 2. Duration : the psychological clock -- 3. A brief history of clock time -- 4. Living on event time -- 5. Time and power : the rules of the waiting game -- pt. 2. Fast, slow, and the quality of life -- 6. Where is life fastest? -- 7. Health, wealth, happiness, and charity -- 8. Japan's contradiction -- pt. 3. Changing pace -- 9. Time literacy : learning the silent language -- 10. Minding your time, timing your mind -- Notes -- Index.".
• catalog description "In this engaging and spirited book, eminent social psychologist Robert Levine asks us to explore a dimension of our experience that we take for granted - our perception of time. When we travel to a different country, or even a different city in the United States, we assume that a certain amount of cultural adjustment will be required, whether it's getting used to new food or negotiating a foreign language, adapting to a different standard of living or another currency. In fact, what contributes most to our sense of disorientation is having to adapt to another culture's sense of time.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-245) and index.".
• catalog description "Levine raises some fascinating questions. How do we use our time? Are we being ruled by the clock? What is this doing to our cities? To our relationships? To our own bodies and psyches? Are there decisions we have made without conscious choice? Alternative tempos we might prefer? Perhaps, Levine argues, our goal should be to try to live in a "multitemporal" society, one in which we learn to move back and forth among nature time, event time, and clock time.".
• catalog description "Levine, who has devoted his career to studying time and the pace of life, takes us on an enchanting tour of time through the ages and around the world. As he recounts his unique experiences with humor and deep insight, we travel with him to Brazil, where to be three hours late is perfectly acceptable, and to Japan, where he finds a sense of the long-term that is unheard of in the West. We visit communities in the United States and find that population size affects the pace of life - and even the pace of walking. We travel back in time to ancient Greece to examine early clocks and sundials, then move forward through the centuries to the beginnings of "clock time" during the Industrial Revolution.".
• catalog extent "xx, 258 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Geography of time.".
• catalog identifier "0465028926".
• catalog isFormatOf "Geography of time.".
• catalog issued "1997".
• catalog issued "c1997.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : BasicBooks,".
• catalog relation "Geography of time.".
• catalog subject "304.2/3 21".
• catalog subject "Cultural relativism.".
• catalog subject "HM291 .L44 1997".
• catalog subject "Lifestyles.".
• catalog subject "Time Social aspects.".
• catalog subject "Time perception Cross-cultural studies.".
• catalog subject "Time perception.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Acknowledgments -- Preface : Time talks with an accent -- pt. 1. Social time : the heartbeat of culture -- 1. Tempo : the speed of life -- 2. Duration : the psychological clock -- 3. A brief history of clock time -- 4. Living on event time -- 5. Time and power : the rules of the waiting game -- pt. 2. Fast, slow, and the quality of life -- 6. Where is life fastest? -- 7. Health, wealth, happiness, and charity -- 8. Japan's contradiction -- pt. 3. Changing pace -- 9. Time literacy : learning the silent language -- 10. Minding your time, timing your mind -- Notes -- Index.".
• catalog title "A geography of time : the temporal misadventures of a social psychologist, or how every culture keeps time just a little bit differently / Robert Levine.".
• catalog type "Cross-cultural studies. fast".
• catalog type "text".