Author: John BellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Balneology
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
On Baths and Mineral Waters ...
Author: John BellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Balneology
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
Virtuous Waters
Author: Casey WalshPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520291735
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
"Virtuous Waters is the first study of mineral waters and bathing in Mexico. It traces the evolving ideas about these waters, from European contact to the present, in order to shed new light on human-environment relations in the modern world. Our relation to water is among the most urgent of global issues, as increasing scarcity and pollution threaten food shortages, deteriorating public health, and the collapse of aquatic ecosystems. Drawing on ideas from political ecology, the author brings together an analysis of the shifts in the concept of water and a material history of environments, infrastructures, and bathing. The book analyzes a range of issues concerning complex "water cultures" that have formed around Mexican groundwaters over time and suggests that this understanding might also help us comprehend and confront the water crisis that is coming to a head in the twenty-first century"--Provided by publisher.
The Baths and Mineral Waters of Bath
Author: Randle Wilbraham FalconerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Balneology
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Practical Observations on Mineral Waters and Baths
Author: Edwin LeeFlorida's Healing Waters
Author: Rick KilbyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780813066530
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A colorful look at a forgotten era of Florida tourism Filled with rare photographs, vintage postcards and advertisements, and fascinating writing from over 100 years ago, Florida's Healing Waters spotlights a little-known time in Florida history when tourists poured into the state in search of good health. Rick Kilby explores the Victorian belief that water caused healing and rehabilitation, tracing the history of "taking the waters" from its origins in the era of Enlightenment. Nineteenth-century Americans traveled from afar to bathe in the outdoors and soak up the warm climate of Florida. Here, with more than 1,000 freshwater springs, 1,300 miles of coastline, and 30,000 lakes, water was an abundant resource. Through the wealth of images in this book, Kilby shows how Florida's natural wonders were promoted and developed as restorative destinations for America's emerging upper class. The rapid growth in tourism infrastructure that began during the Gilded Age lasted well into the twentieth century, and Kilby explains how these now-lost resorts helped boost the economy of modern Florida. Today, these splendid health spas and elaborate bathing facilities have been lost, replaced by recreational amenities for a culture more about sun and fun than physical renewal. In this book, Kilby emphasizes the value of honoring and preserving the natural features of the state in the face of continual development. He reminds us that Florida's water is still a life-giving treasure.
Texas Almanac, 2000-2001 (Millennium Edition)
Author: Popular sketch of the Bath mineral waters
Author: Louis KingB. Bradshaw's Dictionary of Mineral Waters, Climatic Health Resorts, Sea Baths, and Hydropathic Establishments
Author: B. BradshawMarienbad, its mineral waters and baths ... Third edition
Author: Leopold HERZIGHealth and Wellness Tourism
Author: Patricia Erfurt-CooperPublisher: Channel View Publications
ISBN: 1845413636
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
Geothermal springs constitute a major tourism resource, providing spectacular settings, recreation facilities, a recognised value in treatments beneficial for health and wellness, a sense of heritage and adventure, and links with the natural environment. Health and wellness tourism accounts for a significant proportion of the world’s tourism consumption, with components ranging from hot spring bathing for leisure and recreation, through mineral water use in health treatments under the supervision of highly specialised medical professionals, to water treatments in the wellness and beauty therapy sector and the use of mineral water for drinking purposes. This makes it an economically and socially important area of tourism demanding in-depth analysis. This book explores health and wellness tourism from a range of perspectives including usage, heritage, management, technology, environmental and cultural features, and marketing.