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Fat History Bodies and Beauty in the Modern West

Title
Fat History [electronic resource] : Bodies and Beauty in the Modern West / Peter N. Stearns.
Author
Stearns, Peter N.
Publication
New York : New York University Press, c1997.

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Description
1 online resource (xvi, 294 p. :) : ill.
Uniform Title
  • Fat History (Online)
  • Book collections on Project MUSE.
Alternative Title
Fat History (Online)
Subject
  • Fat > Social aspects > History. > France
  • Fat > Social aspects > History. > United States
  • Body image > France > History
  • Body image > United States > History
  • Weight loss > France > History
  • Weight loss > United States > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-287) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Source of Description (note)
  • Description based on print version record.
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.
OCLC
ssj0000676284
Author
Stearns, Peter N.
Title
Fat History [electronic resource] : Bodies and Beauty in the Modern West / Peter N. Stearns.
Imprint
New York : New York University Press, c1997. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Series
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-287) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Note
Description based on print version record.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Project Muse.
LCCN
96045878
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