Muscular Christianity: Manhood and Sports in Protestant America, 1880-1920
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| Management number | 231961678 | Release Date | 2026/06/18 | List Price | US$10.11 | Model Number | 231961678 | ||
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Dissatisfied with a Victorian culture focused on domesticity and threatened by physical decline in sedentary office jobs, American men in the late nineteenth century sought masculine company in fraternal lodges and engaged in exercise to invigorate their bodies. One form of this new manly culture, developed out of the Protestant churches, was known as muscular Christianity. In this fascinating study, Clifford Putney details how Protestant leaders promoted competitive sports and physical education to create an ideal of Christian manliness. Read more
| ASIN | B005H0NV0O |
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| XRay | Not Enabled |
| ISBN13 | 978-0674042407 |
| Language | English |
| File size | 3.9 MB |
| Page Flip | Not Enabled |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Print length | 310 pages |
| Accessibility | Learn more |
| Publication date | July 1, 2009 |
| Enhanced typesetting | Not Enabled |
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