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Making the American body : the remarkable saga of the men and women whose feats, feuds, and passions shaped fitness history /
If you thought the fitness craze was about being healthy, think again. Although Charles Atlas, Jack LaLanne, Jim Fixx, Jane Fonda, Richard Simmons, and Jillian Michaels might well point the way to a better body, they have done so only if their brands brought in profits. In the first book to tell the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
[2013]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction: A Night to Remember; 1. The Shape of History; 2. Selling the Body Beautiful, 1900-1930s; 3. America Shapes Up, 1930s-1950s; 4. The Machine Age, 1960s-1970s; 5. Gotta Move, 1960s-1980s; 6. The Buff Culture, 1970s-1990s; 7. Pumping Up Business, 1980s-1990s; 8. Fitness Today; 9. Why Exercise?; Notes; Index.