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Author Shally-Jensen, Michael, author.

Title Alternative healing in American history : an encyclopedia from acupuncture to yoga / Michael Shally-Jensen
Published Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 410 pages) : illustrations
Contents Pre-1900 -- 1900-1950s -- 1960s-1970s -- 1980s-2000 -- 2000-present
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (Gale Ebooks, viewed August 09, 2019)
Subject Alternative medicine -- United States -- History -- Encyclopedias
Alternative medicine.
Therapeutics, Physiological.
Complementary Therapies -- history
Complementary Therapies
Therapeutics, Physiological
Alternative medicine
Popular medicine & health.
Health & Fitness -- Healing.
Body, Mind & Spirit -- Healing -- Energy (Chi Kung, Reiki, Polarity).
Health & Fitness -- Homeopathy.
SUBJECT United States
Subject United States
Genre/Form encyclopedias.
History
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedias.
Encyclopédies.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019008711
ISBN 1440860343
9781440860348
9798216044826
8216044828
9788216044827