Muscular Christianity: Manhood and Sports in Protestant America, 1880-1920

by Clifford Putney

Book Overview

Dissatisfied with a Victorian culture focused on domesticity and threatened by physical decline in sedentary office jobs, American men in the late 19th century sought masculine company in fraternal... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674011252
• ISBN13: 9780674011250
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.4"