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Are We All Living In 'Elsewhere, U.S.A.'?

Author and sociologist Dalton Conley says we have entered into brand-new terrain where the line between work and leisure is blurred — thanks to the advent of the BlackBerry. Conley explains — and breaks down the title of his new book, Elsewhere, U.S.A.: How We Got from the Company Man, Family Dinners, and the Affluent Society to the Home Office, BlackBerry Moms, and Economic Anxiety.

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