The history of physical culture / Conor Heffernan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heffernan, Conor, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physical education and training--History.

Physical education and training.

Exercise--History.

Exercise.

Place of Publication:

Common Ground Research Networks

Summary:

"This book provides an engaged and accessible historical overview of physical culture from the Ancient World to the Modern Day. In it, readers are introduced to the training practices of Ancient Greece, India, and China among other areas. From there, the book explores the evolution of exercise systems and messages in the Western World with reference to three distinct epochs: the Middles Ages and Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and its aftermath and the nineteenth to the present day. Throughout the book, attention is drawn not only to how societies exercised, but why they did so. The purpose of this book is to provide those new to the field of physical culture an historical overview of some of the major trends and developments in exercise practices. Here both the exercise systems, and their meanings are studied"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Ancient physical culture(s)

Disappearance and re-emergence

The birth of physical culture

The age of fitness

Conclusion.

Other Format:

Online version: Heffernan, Conor. History of physical culture

ISBN:

1-957792-23-X