Title Making the American body : the remarkable saga of the men and women whose feats, feuds, and passions shaped fitness history / Jonathan Black.

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Description	1 online resource
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction: A Night to Remember; 1. The Shape of History; 2. Selling the Body Beautiful, 1900-1930s; 3. America Shapes Up, 1930s-1950s; 4. The Machine Age, 1960s-1970s; 5. Gotta Move, 1960s-1980s; 6. The Buff Culture, 1970s-1990s; 7. Pumping Up Business, 1980s-1990s; 8. Fitness Today; 9. Why Exercise?; Notes; Index.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Physical fitness -- United States -- History.
	Physical fitness.
	United States.
	History.
	Health attitudes -- United States -- History.
	Health attitudes.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Black, Jonathan, 1943- Making the American body 9780803243705 (DLC) 2013008307 (OCoLC)839395912
ISBN	9781461940470 (electronic book)
	1461940478 (electronic book)
	1299821081 (e-book)
	9781299821088 (e-book)
	9780803243705
	0803243707