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Fit nation : the gains and pains of America's exercise obsession / Natalia Mehlman Petrzela.
Lippincott Library - Business Trends GV471.U6 P48 2024
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Petrzela, Natalia Mehlman, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Exercise--Social aspects--United States.
- Exercise.
- Physical fitness--Social aspects--United States.
- Physical fitness.
- Physical fitness centers--United States.
- Physical fitness centers.
- Well-being--United States.
- Well-being.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 443 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Paperback edition.
- Other Title:
- Gains and pains of America's exercise obsession
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2024.
- Contents:
- When sweating was strange
- Slimming the soft American
- From margins to mainstream
- Movement culture, redefined
- Feel the burn
- Hard bodies and soulful selves
- It's not working out.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-433) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lippincott Library Book Endowment Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780226833361
- 0226833364
- OCLC:
- 1399164987
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