Fitness in American culture : images of health, sport, and the body, 1830-1940 / edited by Kathryn Grover.

Contributor Grover, Kathryn, 1953-

Imprint:Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press ; Rochester, N.Y. : Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum, c1989.

Descriptionviii, 178 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Note:Papers presented at a symposium held at the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum in spring, 1986.

Note:Sport in American life / Donald J. Mrozek -- American advertising and the reconstruction of the body, 1880-1930 / T.J. Jackson Lears -- Iron therapy and tonics / Michael R. Harris -- Eating to win / James C. Whorton -- Healthy, moral, and strong / Roberta J. Park.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

Note:Recommended in Best Books for Academic Libraries ; Resources for College Libraries

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