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Slow is Beautiful

Paperback • 2006 • English

Slow is Beautiful: New Visions of Community, Leisure, and Joie de Vivre

By Cecile Andrews

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About the book

Speed kills―slow saves: how we can recapture a life of joy, leisure, community, and well-being. We're hammered, we're slammed, we're out of control. Happiness is on the decline in the most affluent country in the world and Americans are troubled by the destructiveness of a lifestyle devoted to money and status. Yet no-one seems to have a clue how to exit from the Fast Lane... Slow Is Beautiful analyzes the subtle consumer, political and corporate forces stamping the joy from our existence and pr...Show more

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ISBN

9780865715547

Publisher

New Society Publishers

Published year

2006

Language

English

Original title

Slow is Beautiful

Format

Paperback

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