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

Author/creator Engs, Ruth Clifford
Format Book
Publication InfoWestport, Conn. : Praeger, 2000.
Descriptionxiv, 312 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [269]-303) and index.
LCCN 99043111
ISBN0275959945 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks RA427.8 .E54 2000 ✔ Available Place Hold