Governing bodies : American politics and the shaping of the modern physique /

Americans are generally apprehensive about what they perceive as big government--especially when it comes to measures that target their bodies. Soda taxes, trans fat bans, and calorie counts on menus have all proven deeply controversial. Such interventions, Rachel Louise Moran argues, are merely the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Moran, Rachel Louise (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]
Colección:Politics and culture in modern America.
Temas:
1900-1999
Physical education and training > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Human body > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Diet > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Physical fitness > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Health promotion > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Éducation physique > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Corps humain > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Alimentation > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Promotion de la santé > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Healthy Living.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Health promotion > Political aspects
Human body > Political aspects
Physical education and training > Political aspects
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction. Weight of the Nation
  • Chapter 1. The Advisory State World War I Made: Scientific Nutrition and Scientific Mothering
  • Chapter 2. Boys into Men: Depression-Era Physique in the Civilian Conservation Corps
  • Chapter 3. Men into Soldiers: World War II and the Conscripted Body
  • Chapter 4. Selling Postwar Fitness: Advertising, Education, and the President's Council
  • Chapter 5. Wasted Bodies: Emaciation and the War on Poverty
  • Chapter 6. Poor Choices: Weight, Welfare, and WIC in the 1970s
  • Conclusion. Governing American Bodies
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.

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