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Fat history : bodies and beauty in the modern West

Title
  1. Fat history : bodies and beauty in the modern West / Peter N. Stearns.
Published by
  1. New York : New York University Press, c1997.
Author
  1. Stearns, Peter N.

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Description
  1. xvi, 294 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  1. Body image > France > History
  2. Fat > Social aspects > France > History
  3. Fat > Social aspects > United States > History
  4. Body image > United States > History
  5. Weight loss > France > History
  6. Weight loss > United States > History
Contents
  1. 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.
Call number
  1. JFE 98-2474
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-287) and index.
Author
  1. Stearns, Peter N.
Title
  1. Fat history : bodies and beauty in the modern West / Peter N. Stearns.
Imprint
  1. New York : New York University Press, c1997.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-287) and index.
LCCN
  1. 96045878
ISBN
  1. 0814780695 (clothbound : alk. paper)
  2. 0814780709 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Research call number
  1. JFE 98-2474
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