Author: Jan Todd
Publisher: Mercer University Press
ISBN: 9780865545618
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Todd (kinesiology and health education, U. of Texas, Austin) discusses the diverse spectrum of women's exercise in the antebellum era-- especially exercise systems related to an ideal of womanhood--and the ways that purposive training influenced American women physically, intellectually, and emotionally. She also considers the contributions of several physical education figures: Sarah Pierce, Mary Lyon, William Bentley Fowle, Catherine Beecher, David P. Butler, Dio Lewis, and the phrenologist Orson S. Fowler. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Physical Culture and the Body Beautiful
Author: Jan Todd
Publisher: Mercer University Press
ISBN: 9780865545618
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Todd (kinesiology and health education, U. of Texas, Austin) discusses the diverse spectrum of women's exercise in the antebellum era-- especially exercise systems related to an ideal of womanhood--and the ways that purposive training influenced American women physically, intellectually, and emotionally. She also considers the contributions of several physical education figures: Sarah Pierce, Mary Lyon, William Bentley Fowle, Catherine Beecher, David P. Butler, Dio Lewis, and the phrenologist Orson S. Fowler. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Publisher: Mercer University Press
ISBN: 9780865545618
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Todd (kinesiology and health education, U. of Texas, Austin) discusses the diverse spectrum of women's exercise in the antebellum era-- especially exercise systems related to an ideal of womanhood--and the ways that purposive training influenced American women physically, intellectually, and emotionally. She also considers the contributions of several physical education figures: Sarah Pierce, Mary Lyon, William Bentley Fowle, Catherine Beecher, David P. Butler, Dio Lewis, and the phrenologist Orson S. Fowler. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Water-cure Journal
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Category : Hygiene
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Category : Hygiene
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, United States Army
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher:
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Category : Incunabula
Languages : en
Pages : 1086
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Incunabula
Languages : en
Pages : 1086
Book Description
Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, United States Army
Author: Library of the Surgeon-General's Office (U.S.)
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Category : Incunabula
Languages : en
Pages : 668
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Category : Incunabula
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
Playing with God
Author: William J Baker
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674020448
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Like no other nation on earth, Americans eagerly blend their religion and sports. This book traces this dynamic relationship from the Puritan condemnation of games as sinful in the seventeenth century to the near deification of athletic contests in our own day.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674020448
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Like no other nation on earth, Americans eagerly blend their religion and sports. This book traces this dynamic relationship from the Puritan condemnation of games as sinful in the seventeenth century to the near deification of athletic contests in our own day.
Authors and Subjects
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Languages : en
Pages : 1084
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Languages : en
Pages : 1084
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The Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste
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Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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The American Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated
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Category : Phrenology
Languages : en
Pages : 788
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Category : Phrenology
Languages : en
Pages : 788
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The Kindergarten for Teachers and Parents
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Category : Kindergarten
Languages : en
Pages : 732
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Category : Kindergarten
Languages : en
Pages : 732
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The Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated
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Category : Phrenology
Languages : en
Pages : 402
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Category : Phrenology
Languages : en
Pages : 402
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