Crusaders for Fitness : : The History of American Health Reformers / / James C. Whorton.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Whorton, James C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1982
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 527
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (382 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400857463; 9783110413441; 9783110413489; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400857463
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: James C. Whorton.

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.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.