Screen LibraryAlternative healing in American history : an encyclopedia from acupuncture to yoga /
This book examines alternative healing practices in American popular culture. From traditional folk approaches to more recent developments, it discusses the rise and fall of more than 100 popular approaches to addressing both physical ailments and mental health needs. Provides illuminating descripti...
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Greenwood,
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| Publisher Address: | Santa Barbara, California : |
| Publication Dates: | [2019] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
This book examines alternative healing practices in American popular culture. From traditional folk approaches to more recent developments, it discusses the rise and fall of more than 100 popular approaches to addressing both physical ailments and mental health needs. Provides illuminating descriptions of popular treatments, describing their underlying philosophies, the historical impetus behind each, and their fate with consumers. Casts a critical yet sympathetic historical eye on the development of numerous popular remedies and how they came to serve (or not) their users. Looks at both not |
| Carrier Form: | xix, 410 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781440860331 1440860335 |
| Index Number: | R733 |
| CLC: | R45-097.12 |
| Call Number: | R45-097.12/S528 |