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049 _aAlfaisal Main Library
090 _aHM846
_b.S39 1999
100 1 _aSchwartz, Ellen,
_d1950-
245 1 0 _aTaking back our lives in the age of corporate dominance
_h[electronic resource] /
_cEllen Schwartz and Suzanne Stoddard.
260 _aSan Francisco :
_bBerrett-Koehler,
_c1999, c2000.
300 _a1 online resource (xii, 224 p.)
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
505 0 _aPart I: How corporate structures, products, and processes impact our work and personal lives: Introduction -- A time of turbulence: when too much information keeps us from knowing the truth -- The gift that keeps on taking: how the bottom-line mentality is bottoming out our lives and the planet -- The hidden costs of competition: the heavy price we pay to win -- This is entertainment? : TV as purveyor of a culture of disrespect and promoter of a passive populace -- Media, girls, and body image: how impossible images of physical perfection are making our girls sick -- The best government big money can buy: can a corporate-sponsored democracy serve the people? -- What do world trade agreements have to do with me? : globalization means equalizing down to the lowest common denominator -- Time: a nonrenewable resource: why are we finding time to live -- Part II: Fresh choices: saying yes! to amore expansive life: Change and the comfort zone: embracing risks that have been foisted upon us by life -- What's an inner life and who needs it? : trading fear for trust and planting seeds for loving-kindness -- Flashpoints: how our stresses play out in the family crucible, damaging those we love most -- Nurturing what is precious: finding new ways to communicate and connect withour loved ones -- Meaningful work: livelihoods both personally satisfying and earth-friendly -- Giving time, getting joy: life as a banquet for the servers -- Together we are whole: new ways to create a support network while beating the high cost of living -- Paring down our lives: how less can be made more --What is and what can be: starting from wherever you are with a passionate consciousness -- Way more fun than TV: surefire ways to release your playful spirit.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [191]-193) and index.
650 0 _aTechnology
_xSocial aspects.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xSocial conditions
_y1980-
651 0 _aUnited States
_xEconomic conditions
_y1981-2001.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
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700 1 _aStoddard, Suzanne,
_d1952-
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776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aSchwartz, Ellen, 1950-
_tTaking back our lives in the age of corporate dominance.
_dSan Francisco : Berrett-Koehler, 2000
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