Book Detail
Edition: 1
Release: 2009-09-30
Publisher: Capital Books (VA)
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 1933102888
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB
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**First Place Grand Prize Winner for Non-Fiction books at the 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards!!* For 99 percent of our history, humans have lived as a species on the move, but modern life has stopped us in our tracks. AMERICAN IDLE: A Journey Through Our Sedentary Culture offers the first comprehensive look at the social, cultural, moral and physical consequences of living in a sedentary culture that has immobilized us as effectively as a shattered body part. As author Mary Collins recovers from a devastating bicycle accident, she begins a journey to find out more about America's wounded national body. She discovers: * Why humans are meant to move. * What social changes led us to our current state. * Why past efforts have been so ineffective, and why will power isn't the problem. * Our impaired physical selves impact our social lives and moral judgment. In her pursuit, Collins: * Visits the Olympic Center, factory floors, archeological sites, city planners, health expert Download American Idle for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve
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