Cargando…

The lonely american.

In today's world, it is more acceptable to be depressed than to be lonely-yet loneliness appears to be the inevitable byproduct of our frenetic contemporary lifestyle. According to the 2004 General Social Survey, one out of four Americans talked to no one about something of importance to them d...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Olds, Jacqueline
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Beacon Press, 2009.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000 a 4500
001 EBOOKCENTRAL_ocn785231978
003 OCoLC
005 20240329122006.0
006 m o d
007 cr cnu---unuuu
008 120410s2009 nyu o 000 0 eng d
040 |a TEFOD  |b eng  |e pn  |c TEFOD  |d OCLCQ  |d YDXCP  |d OCLCF  |d TEFOD  |d RECBK  |d TEFOD  |d OCLCQ  |d EBLCP  |d DEBSZ  |d OCLCQ  |d ZCU  |d MERUC  |d OCLCQ  |d ICG  |d OCLCQ  |d DKC  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCL  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCL 
019 |a 869379681  |a 922968002 
020 |a 9780807095966  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 0807095966  |q (electronic bk.) 
028 0 1 |a EB00177794  |b Recorded Books 
029 1 |a DEBBG  |b BV044095933 
029 1 |a DEBSZ  |b 452556325 
035 |a (OCoLC)785231978  |z (OCoLC)869379681  |z (OCoLC)922968002 
037 |a 47FB9386-4CA5-4E1A-8C19-0AD13189314E  |b OverDrive, Inc.  |n http://www.overdrive.com 
043 |a n-us--- 
050 4 |a HM1131 
082 0 4 |a 302.5/45097309051  |2 23 
049 |a UAMI 
100 1 |a Olds, Jacqueline. 
245 1 4 |a The lonely american. 
260 |a New York :  |b Beacon Press,  |c 2009. 
300 |a 1 online resource 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
520 |a In today's world, it is more acceptable to be depressed than to be lonely-yet loneliness appears to be the inevitable byproduct of our frenetic contemporary lifestyle. According to the 2004 General Social Survey, one out of four Americans talked to no one about something of importance to them during the last six months. Another remarkable fact emerged from the 2000 U.S. Census: more people are living alone today than at any point in the country's history'fully 25 percent of households consist of one person only. In this crucial look at one of America's few remaining taboo subjects'loneliness'Drs. Jacqueline Olds and Richard S. Schwartz set out to understand the cultural imperatives, psychological dynamics, and physical mechanisms underlying social isolation. In The Lonely American, cutting-edge research on the physiological and cognitive effects of social exclusion and emerging work in the neurobiology of attachment uncover startling, sobering ripple effects of loneliness in areas as varied as physical health, children's emotional problems, substance abuse, and even global warming. Surprising new studies tell a grim truth about social isolation: being disconnected diminishes happiness, health, and longevity; increases aggression; and correlates with increasing rates of violent crime. Loneliness doesn't apply simply to single people, either'today's busy parents "cocoon" themselves by devoting most of their non-work hours to children, leaving little time for friends, and other forms of social contact, and unhealthily relying on the marriage to fulfill all social needs. As a core population of socially isolated individuals and families continues to balloon in size, it is more important than ever to understand the effects of a culture that idealizes busyness and self-reliance. It's time to bring loneliness'a very real and little-discussed social epidemic with frightening consequences-out into the open, and find a way to navigate the tension between freedom and connection in our lives. 
505 0 |a Contents -- Chapter 1: The Elephant in the Room -- Chapter 2: Frantic without a Peep -- Chapter 3: Self-Reliance -- Chapter 4: Left Out -- Chapter 5: Free at Last -- Chapter 6: The Technology of Relationships -- Chapter 7: Love and Marriagein a Busy World -- Chapter 8: The Ripple Effects ofIncreasing Social Isolation -- Chapter 9: Social Disconnection and the Mental Health Industry -- Chapter 10: Staying Limber -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index 
590 |a ProQuest Ebook Central  |b Ebook Central Academic Complete 
650 0 |a Social isolation  |z United States. 
650 0 |a Loneliness  |z United States. 
650 6 |a Isolement social  |z États-Unis. 
650 6 |a Solitude  |z États-Unis. 
650 7 |a SOCIAL SCIENCE  |x General.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a Loneliness  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Social isolation  |2 fast 
651 7 |a United States  |2 fast  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq 
758 |i has work:  |a The lonely American (Text)  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFQwVhfqgcmtMHtqJT8jqP  |4 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork 
776 0 8 |i Print version:  |a Olds, Jacqueline.  |t Lonely American : Drifting Apart in the Twenty-First Century.  |d Boston : Beacon Press, ©1900  |z 9780807000342 
856 4 0 |u https://ebookcentral.uam.elogim.com/lib/uam-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3118041  |z Texto completo 
938 |a Recorded Books, LLC  |b RECE  |n rbeEB00177794 
938 |a YBP Library Services  |b YANK  |n 2953355 
994 |a 92  |b IZTAP