This book is the first to deal with physical culture in an Irish context, covering educational, martial and recreational histories. Deemed by many to be a precu

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Todd (kinesiology and health education, U. of Texas, Austin) discusses the diverse spectrum of women's exercise in the antebellum era-- especially exercise syst

Physical culture can be crudely defined as those exercise practices designed to physically change the body. In modern parlance we may associate physical culture

This is the first book to examine the body in training in the context of religion, sport and wider physical culture, offering important insight into the perform