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Author Gidney, Catherine (Catherine Anne), 1969- author.

Title Tending the student body : youth, health, and the modern university / Catherine Gidney.

Publication Info. ©2015
Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- 1. Institutional Development of Student Health Programs -- 2. Ailments and Epidemics -- 3. Physical Culture and Character Formation -- 4. Health in Home and Body -- 5. Female Students' Health and the Creation of New Occupational Opportunities for Women -- 6. Changing Contexts and Programs, 1930s to 1960s -- 7. Shifting Health Priorities: Tuberculosis and Mental Health -- 8. From Character to Personality: Changing Visions of Citizenship, 1940s to 1960s -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Physical Training at the University of Toronto.
Summary Tending the Student Body examines the development of health programs at Canadian universities and the transformation of their goals over the first half of the twentieth century from fostering moral character to promoting individualism, self-realization, and mental health.
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Subject College students -- Health and hygiene -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
College students -- Health and hygiene.
Canada.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject College students -- Medical care -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
College students -- Medical care.
College students.
Youth -- Health and hygiene -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
Youth -- Health and hygiene.
Youth -- Medical care -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
Youth -- Medical care.
Universities and colleges -- Health promotion services -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
Universities and colleges -- Health promotion services.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Subject Youth.
Other Form: Print version: Gidney, Catherine (Catherine Anne), 1969- Tending the student body 9781442647879 (OCoLC)889649655
ISBN 9781442669420 (electronic book)
144266942X (electronic book)
9781442647879
1442647876
9781442615960
1442615966