Body Ascendant: Modernism and the Physical Imperative

by Harold B. Segel

The revival of the Olympic Games in 1896 was just one result of the unparalleled interest in physical culture that consumed Europe and America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Various national physical education movements enjoyed extraordinary success, including the German Turnverein, the Czech Sokol, and Scouting in England and America. Dance, outdoor spectacle, and massive political rallies reflected the turn away from language...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801858216
• ISBN13: 9780801858215
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"