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American idle : a journey through our sedentary culture Mary Collins.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Capital ideas seriesSterling, Va. Capital Books c2009Description: xxviii, 195 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781933102887
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QP 301 .C692 2009
Contents:
Meet the first walkers : the American heartland 14,000 years ago -- What do our bodies want (and why)? : the history of the body as told by the body -- Physical grace : the Olympic center -- Flashback : how did work become sedentary and physical activity become leisure? -- Moving on the job today : assembly lines in Pennsylvania -- Action and stillness in nature : how do animals achieve a healthy balance? -- Action and stillness in humans : can Americans achieve a healthy balance? -- A tour through sixty years of advice -- Seeking solutions in the twenty-first century -- The social costs : trekking New York City for answers -- A spiritual solution? -- The morality in play -- This is your brain on exercise -- Reclaiming natural grace in natural places : have you had a green hour today?
List(s) this item appears in: SSOC111_UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS | SSOC111_UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY, AND POLITICS (NEW)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-182).

Meet the first walkers : the American heartland 14,000 years ago -- What do our bodies want (and why)? : the history of the body as told by the body -- Physical grace : the Olympic center -- Flashback : how did work become sedentary and physical activity become leisure? -- Moving on the job today : assembly lines in Pennsylvania -- Action and stillness in nature : how do animals achieve a healthy balance? -- Action and stillness in humans : can Americans achieve a healthy balance? -- A tour through sixty years of advice -- Seeking solutions in the twenty-first century -- The social costs : trekking New York City for answers -- A spiritual solution? -- The morality in play -- This is your brain on exercise -- Reclaiming natural grace in natural places : have you had a green hour today?

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