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Author:

Engs, Ruth C.

Title:

Clean living movements : American cycles of health reform / Ruth Clifford Engs.

Publisher:

Praeger,

Copyright Date:

2000

Description:

xiv, 312 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Health promotion--United States--History.
Health reformers--United States--History.
Health behavior--United States--History.
Health Promotion--history--United States.
Attitude to Health--United States
Health behavior--United States.
Public opinion--United States.
Social problems--History--United States.
Social values--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-303) and index.

Contents:

Pt. 1. The first Clean Living Movement, 1830-1860. Millenialism, new religions, and health reform -- Temperance, tobacco, and women's rights -- Christian physiology, diet, and sexuality -- Inherited realities, phrenology, and groups with quasi-eugenic undercurrents -- Nativism, cholera, public health, and cures -- pt. 2. The second Clean Living Movement, 1880-1920. Religious zeal, physical culture, and diet -- Saloons, suffrage, and smoking -- Eugenics, purity, and birth control -- Pure food and drugs and the elimination of "dope" -- Tuberculosis, public health, and influenza -- pt. 3. The third Clean Living Movement, 1970-2005. Religious awakening, New Age religions, and wellness -- Drunk driving, smoke-free environments, and the "war against drugs" -- Women's lib, neo-purity, and AIDS -- Fitness, health, and the new eugenics.

ISBN:

9780275959944 (alk. paper)
0275959945 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)42027512

LCCN:

99043111

Locations:

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

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)