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Synopsis
In the early twentieth century, university administrators and educators regarded bodily health as a marker of an individual's moral and mental strength and as a measure of national vitality. Beset by social anxieties about the physical and moral health of their students, they introduced compulsory health services and physical education programs in order to shape their students' character. Tending the Student Body examines the development of these health programs at Canadian universities and the transformation of their goals over the first half of the twentieth century from fostering moral character to promoting individualism, self-realization, and mental health. Drawing on extensive records from Canadian universities, Catherine Gidney examines the gender and class dynamics of these programs, their relationship to changes in medical and intellectual thought, and their contribution to ideas about the nature and fulfilment of the self. Her research will be of interest to historians of medicine, gender, sport, and higher education. New & Used
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What Reviewers Are Saying
'Gidney's book will make a good resource for teaching due to her focused writing style and its fascinating look into student life in the past.' -- Jane Nicholas Acadiensis vol 44:02:2015 'In this excellent new study of Canadian higher education, Catherine Gidney explores the origins of campus health facilities and athletic programs, services that are now an expected part of undergraduate program.' -- Sara Z. Burke Canadian Historical Review vol 96:04:2015 'Catherine Gidney has deftly analyzed an impressive amount of previously unexamined archival material to support her findings with conviction... This study effectively highlights the ongoing dialectic between school and society.' -- Cynthia Comacchio History of Education vol 45:06:2016 'Gidney does an excellent job connecting her discussion of specific health services and physical education programs to the larger societal developments occurring throughout the first half of the twentieth century.' -- Roberta Lexier Urban History Review vol 44: 1-2:2015 'This fine piece of work provides new insights into the way the nature and culture of life in Canadian universities changed during the first sixty years of the twentieth century.' -- Donald Fisher BC Studies February 2017 'This book provides a solid foundation for other scholars who wish to do more detailed studies of the history of student health and physical education in Canadian colleges and universities.' -- Heather Munro Prescott Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth vol10:01:2017