Governing Bodies - American Politics and the Shaping of the Modern Physique

Informationen zum Autor Rachel Louise Moran teaches history at the University of North Texas. Klappentext Rachel Louise Moran teaches history at the University of North Texas. Zusammenfassung Weaving together histories of the body! public policy! and social welfare! Rachel Louise Moran analyzes a series of discrete episodes over the course of the twentieth century to chronicle the federal government's efforts to shape the physique of its citizenry. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. Weight of the Nation Chapter 1. The Advisory State World War I Made: Scientific Nutrition and Scientific Mothering Chapter 2. Boys into Men: Depression-Era Physique in the Civilian Conservation Corps Chapter 3. Men into Soldiers: World War II and the Conscripted Body Chapter 4. Selling Postwar Fitness: Advertising, Education, and the President's Council Chapter 5. Wasted Bodies: Emaciation and the War on Poverty Chapter 6. Poor Choices: Weight, Welfare, and WIC in the 1970s Conclusion. Governing American Bodies Notes Index Acknowledgments

Product details

• Authors: Rachel Louise Moran
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2018
• EAN: 9780812250190
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-5019-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 238 mm x 21 mm
• Series: Politics and Culture in Modern; Politics and Culture in Modern America; Politics and Culture in Modern America; Politics and Culture in Modern
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law