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Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone

By Eric Klinenberg

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Books
Year
2013
ISBN
0143122770, 9780143122777
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
466 kB (477432 bytes)
Pages
288\0
Time added
2013-10-14 00:46:22

Description

With eye-opening statistics, original data, and vivid portraits of people who live alone, renowned sociologist Eric Klinenberg upends conventional wisdom to deliver the definitive take on how the rise of going solo is transforming the American experience.            Klinenberg shows that most single dwellers—whether in their twenties or eighties—are deeply engaged in social and civic life. There's even evidence that people who live alone enjoy better mental health and have more environmentally sustainable lifestyles. Drawing on more than three hundred in-depth interviews, Klinenberg presents a revelatory examination of the most significant demographic shift since the baby boom and offers surprising insights on the benefits of this epochal change.

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