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Author:
Freund, Daniel.
Title:
American sunshine : diseases of darkness and the quest for natural light / Daniel Freund.
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press,
Copyright Date:
2012
Description:
viii, 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
Sunshine--Environmental aspects.
Urban ecology (Sociology)--United States.
Climatotherapy.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes index.
Contents:
Toward a history of natural light -- The darkening city, 1850-1920 -- The dawn of scientific sunlight -- Sun cures -- Popular enthusiasms: eugenists, nudists, builders, modern mothers, and the sun cult -- Climate tourism and its alternative -- Epilogue: sunlight into the twenty-first century.
ISBN:
0226262812 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
9780226262819 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)755004155
LCCN:
2011034927
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)
PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)

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