ABSTRACT
The Industrial Revolution and the structural changes it has generated have altered personal experience in many ways. The divisions of the day and the week have changed, especially with new articulations of the nature and importance of leisure. Family life has shifted to adapt to urbanization and the separation of work from home. The importance of the family has declined, but the institution has also picked up new functions and emphases; arguably, given the magnitude of changes around it, the institution has survived remarkably well, but only by dint of major adaptations. For many people, definitions of life success and satisfaction have shifted, among other things with the rise of greater devotion to consumerism.
