Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; CHAPTER 2 Beyond the Pale: Sun, Danger and Delight; CHAPTER 3 The Move to the Great Outdoors: Camping, Campers and the 'Worthy Suntan'; CHAPTER 4 Sunshine, Hygiene and the Sun Cure: Part 1 -- Rickets, Sunlight and Actinotherapy; CHAPTER 5 Sunshine, Hygiene and the Sun Cure: Part 2 -- Tuberculosis and Heliotherapy; CHAPTER 6 Heliosis: Part 1 -- Leagues of Sunshine; CHAPTER 7 Heliosis: Part 2 -- Building Worlds of Sunlight; CHAPTER 8 Sunlight in Perspective: Pleasure, Sunlight and the Socio-sensual Environment; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Sunshine plays an important role in all aspects of life. This book looks at sunlight as part of our material and social culture. It traces the network of social and medical forces that constitute our sometimes problematic, relationship with sun and sunlight