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The temple of perfection : a history of the gym / Eric Chaline.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
796.406 CHAL	Adult Non Fiction		Campsie .	. Available .

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Field name	Details
ISBN	178023449X
ISBN	9781780234496 (hardback)
Name	Chaline, Eric author.
Title	The temple of perfection : a history of the gym / Eric Chaline.
Published	London : Reaktion Books, 2015.
Published	©2015.
Description	272 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Notes	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The pursuit of Arete -- The rebirth of Vitruvian man -- The health of nations -- The world's strongest man -- Pumping iron -- Let's get physical -- Macho man -- Consuming fitness.
Summary	Eric Chaline offers the first proper consideration of the gym's complex, layered history and the influence it has had on the development of Western individualism, society, education, and politics.
Subjects	Exercise -- Sociological aspects
	Health attitudes
	Bodybuilders -- History
	Bodybuilding -- History
	Bodybuilding -- Social aspects
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Bodybuilders -- History . Bodybuilding -- History . Bodybuilding -- Social aspects . Exercise -- Sociological aspects . Health attitudes . See Also: Attitude (Psychology) . Health . Health behavior . Authors: Chaline, Eric .