Getting Physical: The Rise of Fitness Culture in America

Name: Getting Physical: The Rise of Fitness Culture in America
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ISBN: 9780700619061

ISBN-10: 0700619062

ISBN-13: 9780700619061

Edition: 2013

Authors: Shelly Mckenzie

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From Charles Atlas to Jane Fonda, the fitness movement has been a driving force in American culture for more than half a century. What started as a means of Cold War preparedness now sees 45 million Americans spend more than $20 billion a year on gym memberships, running shoes, and other fitness-related products. In this first book on the modern history of exercise in America, Shelly McKenzie chronicles the governmental, scientific, commercial, and cultural forces that united-sometimes unintentionally--to make exercise an all-American habit. She tracks the development of a new industry that gentrified exercise and made the pursuit of fitness the hallmark of a middle-class lifestyle. Along…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Univ Pr of Kansas
Binding: Cloth Text
Pages: 304
Size: 6.25" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English