Rachel Louise Moran

Governing Bodies

American Politics and the Shaping of the Modern Physique

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Rachel Louise Moran teaches history at the University of North Texas.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 162mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 496g
• ISBN-13: 9780812250190
• ISBN-10: 0812250192
• Artikelnr.: 50431294

Autorenporträt

Rachel Louise Moran teaches history at the University of North Texas.

Inhaltsangabe

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