Fat history : bodies and beauty in the modern West / Peter N. Stearns.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : New York University Press, [1997]Copyright date: ©1997Description: xvi, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0814780709
- 9780814780701
- 0814780695
- 9780814780695
- 613.2509
- RM222.2. S755 1997
Contents:
The turning point -- The medical path : physicians and faddists -- Fat as a turn-of-the-century target : why? -- The misogynist phase : 1920s-1960s -- Stepping up the pace : old motives, new methods -- Fat city : American weight gains in the twentieth century -- The evolution of weight control in France -- The French regime -- Atlantic crisscross : the Franco-American contrasts -- Conclusion : the fat's in the fire.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 613.2509 STE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A188930B |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-287) and index.
The turning point -- The medical path : physicians and faddists -- Fat as a turn-of-the-century target : why? -- The misogynist phase : 1920s-1960s -- Stepping up the pace : old motives, new methods -- Fat city : American weight gains in the twentieth century -- The evolution of weight control in France -- The French regime -- Atlantic crisscross : the Franco-American contrasts -- Conclusion : the fat's in the fire.
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