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

Other author Grover, Kathryn, 1953-
Other author Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum.
Format Book
Publication InfoAmherst : University of Massachusetts Press ; Rochester, N.Y. : Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum, ©1989.
Descriptionviii, 178 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Subjects
Physical fitness--United States. --History. --19th century.
Sports--United States. --History. --19th century.
Physical fitness--United States. --History. --20th century.
Sports--United States. --History. --20th century.

Contents 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.
General notePapers presented at a symposium held at the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum in spring, 1986.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 89004772
ISBN0870236814 (alk. paper) :
ISBN0870236822 (pbk. : alk. paper)