Crusaders for Fitness : : The History of American Health Reformers / / 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....
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1982 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (382 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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