Getting Physical: The Rise of Fitness Culture in America (Cultureamerica)
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: Jun 12, 2013
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780700619061
Description: "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 the way she scrutinizes a number of widely held beliefs about Americans and their exercise routines, such as the link between diet and exercise and the importance of workplace fitness programs."--