Raising a nation of 'good animals': The new health society and health education campaigns in interwar Britain

Social History of Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-89

  Zweiniger Bargielowska, Ina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Civilisation; Constipation; Diet; Eugenics; Gender; Health education; Men's dress reform; Modernity; New Health Society; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 40049086288     PISSN: 0951631X     EISSN: 14774666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/shm/hkm032     Document Type: Review

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