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Managing the Body: Beauty, Health, and Fitness in Britain 1880-1939
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zweiniger-Bargielowska, Ina, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Physical fitness--Social aspects--History--19th century--Great Britain.
- Physical fitness.
- Physical fitness--History--Social aspects--20th century--Great Britain.
- Body image--History--19th century--Great Britain.
- Body image.
- Body image--History--20th Century--Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 394 p.) : ill.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'Managing the Body' explores the emergence of modern male and female bodies within the context of debates about racial fitness and active citizenship in Britain from the 1880s until 1939.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780191594878 (ebook) :
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