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Explores exercise in Ireland across educational, martial and recreational settings
Examines the rise of physical culture in Ireland in the late nineteenth century and traces its development across the following four decades
Contrasts the influence of foreign fitness entrepreneurs in Ireland such as Eugen Sandow, Thomas Inch, Eustace Miles and Mary Bagot Stack with their Irish counterparts
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Reviews
“The History of Physical Culture in Ireland is not only a learned and readable book about a part of sport and exercixe that has ended up in the backwaters of the more spectacular and mediatized competitive sports, it is also an example of a well-conducted research effort. … All in all, a book well worth spending time with.” (Hans Bolling, idrottsforum.org, May 4, 2021)
Authors and Affiliations
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The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA
Conor Heffernan
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The History of Physical Culture in Ireland
Authors: Conor Heffernan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63727-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-63726-2Published: 25 January 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-63729-3Published: 25 January 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-63727-9Published: 24 January 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 280
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, Social History, Sport Science , History, general