Rise and shine sunlight, technology and health

"Rise and Shine takes as its starting point a view of sunlight as part of our material and social culture. How did the use of sunlight to treat tuberculosis and rickets in the early twentieth century alter our relationship with the sun? When was suntan lotion invented? By drawing on a range of...

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1. Verfasser: Carter, Simon (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Oxford u.a. Berg 2007
Ausgabe:English ed., 1. publ.
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Zusammenfassung:"Rise and Shine takes as its starting point a view of sunlight as part of our material and social culture. How did the use of sunlight to treat tuberculosis and rickets in the early twentieth century alter our relationship with the sun? When was suntan lotion invented? By drawing on a range of archival and historical sources, Rise and Shine traces the network of social and medical forces that constitute our current, sometimes problematic, relationship with sunlight."--BOOK JACKET
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:134 S.
ISBN:9781845201302
978-1-84520-130-2
1845201302
1-84520-130-2
9781845201319
978-1-84520-131-9
1845201310
1-84520-131-0