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Author:

Stearns, Peter N.

Title:

Fat history : bodies and beauty in the modern West / Peter N. Stearns.

Publisher:

New York University Press,

Copyright Date:

c1997

Description:

xvi, 294 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Weight loss--United States--History.
Weight loss--France--History.
Body image--United States--History.
Body image--France--History.
Fat--History.--United States--History.
Fat--History.--France--History.
Obesity
Fat Body.
Weight loss.
Body image

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-287) and index.

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.

ISBN:

9780814780695 (clothbound : alk. paper)
0814780695 (clothbound : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)35829805

LCCN:

96045878

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

V3AX572 -- Kaplan University Library - Cedar Rapids (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)