Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-275) and index.
[ch]. 1. Hurried society and its experience -- [ch]. 2. Great misadventures in time -- [ch]. 3. Speed and its transformation of human consciousness -- [ch]. 4. Sensory addictions: how culture manufactures disease -- [ch]. 5. Generation Rx -- [ch]. 6. Deliberate living: because patience comes to those who wait