Crusaders for fitness : the history of American health reformers /

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To reveal the importance of a subject that has long suffered from scholarly neglect, Professor Whorton demonstrates that health reform campaigns were not mere fads but ideologies composed of a mixture of religious and scientific ideas and themes from the popular culture. Originally published in 1982...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Whorton, James C., 1942- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1982]
Colección:Princeton legacy library
Temas:
Health reformers > United States > History.
Health attitudes > United States > History.
Health attitudes.
Physical fitness.
Physical fitness > United States > History.
Attitude to Health
Health Promotion > history
Physical Fitness
Attitudes à l'égard de la santé > États-Unis > Histoire.
Condition physique > États-Unis > Histoire.
Hygiénistes (Mouvement) > États-Unis > Histoire.
Attitudes à l'égard de la santé.
Condition physique.
HEALTH & FITNESS > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Medical.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Healthy Living.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
Health reformers.
Geschichte
Gesundheitswesen
Reform
Gezondheid.
Sociale bewegingen.
United States
United States.
USA.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. The kingdom of health
  • Chapter One. A fig for the doctors
  • Chapter Two. Christian physiology
  • Chapter Three. Tempest in a flesh-pot
  • Chapter Four. Physical education
  • Chapter Five. Hygiene in evolution
  • Chapter Six. Physiologic optimism
  • Chapter Seven. Muscular vegetarianism
  • Chapter Eight. Uric acid and other fetishes
  • Chapter Nine. Philosophy in the gymnasium
  • Chapter Ten. The hygiene of the wheel
  • Chapter Eleven. A modern conspectus
  • Index.

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