Maximilian Stejskal: Folklig Idrott

Maximilian Stejskal (1906-1991), an ethnologist and gymnastics teacher from Helsinki, carried out a study for his PhD thesis on "folk athletic" contests amongst Finland's Swedish-speaking male rural population in the early 20th century. For his study Stejskal biked across large swaths of southern and eastern Finland as well as Estonia for a month or two every year from 1929 to 1937 and then again in 1948, equipped with two bellows cameras and a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3906803023
• ISBN13: 9783906803029
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Patrick Frey Edition
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.1" x 13.9"