James C Whorton
Biographic Data
| ID | 4877239 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James C Whorton |
| GIVEN NAMES | James C |
| FAMILY NAME | Whorton |
| SIGNATURE | WHORTON J C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Washington |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Social History of Medicines in the Twentieth Century: To Be Taken Three Times a Day (review)
Reviewed by: A Social History of Medicines in the Twentieth Century: To Be Taken Three Times a Day James Whorton John K. Crellin . A Social History of Medicines in the Twentieth Century: To Be Taken Three Times a Day. New York: Pharmaceutical Products Press (Haworth Press), 2004. xi + 340 pp. Ill. $59.95 (cloth, 0-7890-1844-6), $39.95 (paperbound, 0-7890-1845-4). John Crellin's aim in this book is to take the oft-told story of the introduction of…
Right Living: An Anglo-American Tradition of Self-Help Medicine and Hygiene (review)
Charles E. Rosenberg, ed. Right Living: An Anglo-American Tradition of Self-Help Medicine and Hygiene. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press (published in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia and the College of Physicians of Philadelphia), 2003. x + 236 pp. $40.00 (0-8018-7189-1)
American Bodies: Cultural Histories of the Physique
Bulletin of the History of Medicine - Volume 72, Number 3, Fall 1998
Healing Traditions: Alternative Medicine and the Health Professions, and: Nature Doctors: Pioneers in Naturopathic Medicine, and: Home Medicine: The Newfoundland Experience (review)
Reviewed by: Healing Traditions: Alternative Medicine and the Health Professions, and: Nature Doctors: Pioneers in Naturopathic Medicine, and: Home Medicine: The Newfoundland Experience James Whorton Bonnie Blair O’Connor. Healing Traditions: Alternative Medicine and the Health Professions. Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving; and Publications of the American Folklore Society, new series. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 199…
Kitchen Gardening in America: A History
Journal Article Kitchen Gardening in America: A History. By David M. Tucker. (Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1993. x, 205 pp. $24.95, ISBN 0-81381888-5.) Get access James C. Whorton James C. Whorton University of Washington, Seattle, Washington Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 2, September 1994, Page 631, https://doi.org/10.2307/2081186 Published: 01 Septemb…
Pure Food: Securing the Pure Food and Drugs Act of 1906. James Harvey Young
History of Clinical Chemistry . J. Buttner
The Gospel and Science of Health: Hygienic Ideology in America, 1830-1920
If book selections indicate cultural trends, then health is current fad in America. According to New York Times, four of nonfiction bestsellers deal with exercise and diet, as do three of top eleven trade paperbacks. They explain everything from physiology of aerobic exercise to daily routines for thinning one's thighs. Among authors are a fitness expert, founder of a weight control program, and a Hollywood celebrity. The bestseller lists also in…
Crusaders for Fitness: The History of American Health Reformers
Fire in America: A Cultural History of Wildland and Rural Fire . Stephen J. Pyne
Crusaders for Fitness: The History of American Health Reformers
To reveal the importance of a subject that has long suffered from scholarly neglect, Professor Whorton demonstrates that health reform campaigns were not mere fads but ideologies composed of a mixture of religious and scientific ideas and themes from the popular culture. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished…
From Arsenic to DDT: A History of Entomology in Western Canada . Paul W. Riegert
Tempest in a Flesh-Pot’: The Formulation of a Physiological Rationale for Vegetarianism
Journal Article ‘Tempest in a Flesh-Pot’: The Formulation of a Physiological Rationale for Vegetarianism Get access JAMES C. WHORTON JAMES C. WHORTON Department of Biomedical History, University of WashingtonSeattle Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Volume XXXII, Issue 2, April 1977, Pages 115–139, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhmas/XXXII.2.115 Publis…
On the Making of Ecological Crises
Before Silent spring: Pesticides and Public Health in Pre-DDT America
Kitchen Gardening in America: A History
Journal Article Kitchen Gardening in America: A History. By David M. Tucker. (Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1993. x, 205 pp. $24.95, ISBN 0-81381888-5.) Get access James C. Whorton James C. Whorton University of Washington, Seattle, Washington Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 2, September 1994, Page 631, https://doi.org/10.2307/2081186 Published: 01 Septemb…
The Gospel and Science of Health: Hygienic Ideology in America, 1830-1920
If book selections indicate cultural trends, then health is current fad in America. According to New York Times, four of nonfiction bestsellers deal with exercise and diet, as do three of top eleven trade paperbacks. They explain everything from physiology of aerobic exercise to daily routines for thinning one's thighs. Among authors are a fitness expert, founder of a weight control program, and a Hollywood celebrity. The bestseller lists also in…
Before Silent spring: Pesticides and Public Health in Pre-DDT America
On the Making of Ecological Crises
Tempest in a Flesh-Pot’: The Formulation of a Physiological Rationale for Vegetarianism
Journal Article ‘Tempest in a Flesh-Pot’: The Formulation of a Physiological Rationale for Vegetarianism Get access JAMES C. WHORTON JAMES C. WHORTON Department of Biomedical History, University of WashingtonSeattle Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Volume XXXII, Issue 2, April 1977, Pages 115–139, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhmas/XXXII.2.115 Publis…
Crusaders for Fitness: The History of American Health Reformers
To reveal the importance of a subject that has long suffered from scholarly neglect, Professor Whorton demonstrates that health reform campaigns were not mere fads but ideologies composed of a mixture of religious and scientific ideas and themes from the popular culture. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished…
From Arsenic to DDT: A History of Entomology in Western Canada . Paul W. Riegert
The Gospel and Science of Health: Hygienic Ideology in America, 1830-1920
If book selections indicate cultural trends, then health is current fad in America. According to New York Times, four of nonfiction bestsellers deal with exercise and diet, as do three of top eleven trade paperbacks. They explain everything from physiology of aerobic exercise to daily routines for thinning one's thighs. Among authors are a fitness expert, founder of a weight control program, and a Hollywood celebrity. The bestseller lists also in…
Crusaders for Fitness: The History of American Health Reformers
Fire in America: A Cultural History of Wildland and Rural Fire . Stephen J. Pyne
History of Clinical Chemistry . J. Buttner
Pure Food: Securing the Pure Food and Drugs Act of 1906. James Harvey Young
Kitchen Gardening in America: A History
Journal Article Kitchen Gardening in America: A History. By David M. Tucker. (Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1993. x, 205 pp. $24.95, ISBN 0-81381888-5.) Get access James C. Whorton James C. Whorton University of Washington, Seattle, Washington Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 2, September 1994, Page 631, https://doi.org/10.2307/2081186 Published: 01 Septemb…
Healing Traditions: Alternative Medicine and the Health Professions, and: Nature Doctors: Pioneers in Naturopathic Medicine, and: Home Medicine: The Newfoundland Experience (review)
Reviewed by: Healing Traditions: Alternative Medicine and the Health Professions, and: Nature Doctors: Pioneers in Naturopathic Medicine, and: Home Medicine: The Newfoundland Experience James Whorton Bonnie Blair O’Connor. Healing Traditions: Alternative Medicine and the Health Professions. Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving; and Publications of the American Folklore Society, new series. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 199…
American Bodies: Cultural Histories of the Physique
Bulletin of the History of Medicine - Volume 72, Number 3, Fall 1998
Right Living: An Anglo-American Tradition of Self-Help Medicine and Hygiene (review)
Charles E. Rosenberg, ed. Right Living: An Anglo-American Tradition of Self-Help Medicine and Hygiene. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press (published in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia and the College of Physicians of Philadelphia), 2003. x + 236 pp. $40.00 (0-8018-7189-1)
A Social History of Medicines in the Twentieth Century: To Be Taken Three Times a Day (review)
Reviewed by: A Social History of Medicines in the Twentieth Century: To Be Taken Three Times a Day James Whorton John K. Crellin . A Social History of Medicines in the Twentieth Century: To Be Taken Three Times a Day. New York: Pharmaceutical Products Press (Haworth Press), 2004. xi + 340 pp. Ill. $59.95 (cloth, 0-7890-1844-6), $39.95 (paperbound, 0-7890-1845-4). John Crellin's aim in this book is to take the oft-told story of the introduction of…
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