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Author Collins, Mary, 1961-

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

Publication Info. Sterling, Va. : Capital Books, [2009]
©2009

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Location Call No. Status
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  612.76 COL    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  612.76 C    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  612.76 COL    DUE 08-24-22 Billed
 New Britain, Jefferson Branch - Non Fiction  612.76 C69    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  612.76 COLLINS    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xxviii, 195 pages ; 22 cm.
Series Capital ideas series.
Capital ideas series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-182).
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?
Subject Exercise -- United States.
Health behavior -- United States.
Physical fitness -- United States.
Motor Activity -- United States.
Health Behavior -- United States.
Health Policy -- United States.
Life Style -- United States.
Physical Fitness -- United States.
ISBN 9781933102887 alkaline paper
1933102888 alkaline paper
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