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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Brock, Barbara J. (Barbara Jean), 1954- Living outside the box. Spokane, Wash. : Eastern Washington University Press, c2007 (OCoLC)647422133 |
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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Barbara J Brock |
| ISBN: | 1597660140 9781597660143 |
| OCLC Number: | 65469663 |
| Description: | xii, 213 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | Foreword / by Michael Gurian -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : Out of the closet -- The rise (and fall) of recreation -- Fear of leisure -- A word from our sponsors -- How to miss nothing -- The decision to go TV free -- Regarding our children -- Thirty days without television -- Breaking the soft addiction -- Voices of experience -- Time for reflection -- Appendix A : The TV-free survey -- Appendix B : TV-free families in America -- Appendix C : Exercises and activities -- Notes -- Bibliography -- About the author. |
| Responsibility: | Barbara Brock. |
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Abstract:
Why is it that when Americans have more leisure time than ever before, we feel we have less and less? Could the large role of television in our lives be part of the reason? This book sets out to answer these questions, based on a landmark survey of 1200 TV-free families from across the country.
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