The Cult of Health and Beauty in Germany
Subtitle: A Social History, 1890-1930
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: April 15, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780226319742
Subjects: Social history; First World War, 1914-1918; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; c 1800 to c 1900; c 1900 - c 1914; Diet / Health / Fitness; History: World; Germany; Europe - General; Health - General; History / Europe / General; History; Hygiene; Social life and customs; Social medicine
First sentence: The second half of the nineteenth century witnessed an increase in the living standards and life expectancy of most Germans.