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Beschreibung
"In The Joy of Tippling, Ray Oldenburg writes about the isolation imposed upon us by bad urban planning, and by our own bad habits of sitting in front of the TV, which seeks remedy. We are social animals after all, and research has shown that we are happiest among friends. My aim, here, is to encourage the reader to find a place and a time of day to get together with people face-to-face on a regular basis. If it's just for coffee, OK, but that won't do what alcohol can"--
"In The Joy of Tippling, Ray Oldenburg writes about the isolation imposed upon us by bad urban planning, and by our own bad habits of sitting in front of the TV, which seeks remedy. We are social animals after all, and research has shown that we are happiest among friends. My aim, here, is to encourage the reader to find a place and a time of day to get together with people face-to-face on a regular basis. If it's just for coffee, OK, but that won't do what alcohol can"--
Über den Autor
Ray Oldenburg (1932-2022) was a professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of West Florida in Pensacola. He is known internationally for his book The Great Good Place, a surprise hit when it first appeared in 1989. He has advised cities including San Jose, Stockholm, and Osaka on community development, and often hosted friends in his own "third place," a converted garage saloon. His latest and last book was The Joy of Tippling.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Importe, Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781614728382
ISBN-10: 1614728380
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Oldenburg, Ray
Hersteller: Berkshire Publishing Group LLC
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 210 x 140 x 11 mm
Von/Mit: Ray Oldenburg
Erscheinungsdatum: 21.11.2018
Gewicht: 0,247 kg
Artikel-ID: 118047436

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