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The Beach Cure : A History of Healing on Northeastern Shores / Meghan Crnic.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crnic, Meghan., Author.
- Series:
- Weyerhaeuser environmental books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sun-baths--History--20th century.
- Sun-baths.
- Medical tourism--Atlantic Coast (New England)--History--20th century.
- Medical tourism.
- Recreation areas--Health aspects--Atlantic Coast (New England)--History--20th century.
- Recreation areas.
- Sun-baths--History--19th century.
- Medical tourism--Atlantic Coast (New England)--History--19th century.
- Recreation areas--Health aspects--Atlantic Coast (New England)--History--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (224 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, US] : University of Washington Press, 2025.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword: The Salubrious Seashore / Paul S. Sutter
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Cities and the Pathology of Place
- Chapter 2. Finding Cures at the Shore
- Chapter 3. The Shifting Sands of Health Tourism
- Chapter 4. How Working-Class Mothers Shaped the Shore
- Chapter 5. Pediatric Patients at the Beach
- Chapter 6. Doctor Sun and Technologies of Nature
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from digital title page (cloudLibrary, viewed September 10, 2025).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9780295753966
- 029575396X
- Publisher Number:
- 90102619284
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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