Jonathan Black

Making the American Body

The Remarkable Saga of the Men and Women Whose Feats, Feuds, and Passions Shaped Fitness History

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Produktbeschreibung

Jonathan Black is a veteran of magazine editing, and his work has appeared in the New York Times, Inc., Forbes, GQ, and the American Spectator. He is the author of Yes, You Can! Behind the Hype and Hustle of the Motivation Biz and has taught at Northwestern University¿s Medill School of Journalism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Nebraska Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 160mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 553g
• ISBN-13: 9780803243705
• ISBN-10: 0803243707
• Artikelnr.: 38028347

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Black is a veteran of magazine editing, and his work has appeared in the New York Times, Inc., Forbes, GQ, and the American Spectator. He is the author of Yes, You Can! Behind the Hype and Hustle of the Motivation Biz and has taught at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.  

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: A Night to Remember
1. The Shape of History
2. Selling the Body Beautiful, 19001930s
3. America Shapes Up, 1930s1950s
4. The Machine Age, 1960s1970s
5. Gotta Move, 1960s1980s
6. The Buff Culture, 1970s1990s
7. Pumping Up Business, 1980s1990s
8. Fitness Today
9. Why Exercise?
Notes
Index