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The progressive era's health reform movement : a historical dictionary /
Religious, political, social, and health reform earmarked the Progressive Era. The era's health reform movement--like today's clean living movement--saw campaigns against alcohol, tobacco, drugs, and sexuality. It included crusades for exercise, vegetarian diets, and alternative health car...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Westport, CT :
Praeger,
©2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Religious, political, social, and health reform earmarked the Progressive Era. The era's health reform movement--like today's clean living movement--saw campaigns against alcohol, tobacco, drugs, and sexuality. It included crusades for exercise, vegetarian diets, and alternative health care and concerns about eugenics and new diseases. Covering the years leading up to the Progressive Era through the 1920s, this book provides entries on the central figures, events, crusades, legislation, publications and terms of the health reform movements, while a detailed timeline ties health reform to politic. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxii, 419 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | "Selected chronology": pages 371-407 Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0313051852 9780313051852 0275979326 9780275979324 1282408259 9781282408258 |