Strong, beautiful and modern : national fitness in Britain, New Zealand, Australia and Canada, 1935-1960 /

In this highly original account, Charlotte Macdonald shows how governments became convinced they must encourage citizens to be healthier and more active, and how these efforts reinforced the cultural ties of the Empire. Alongside these state-sponsored efforts was a growing emphasis from business, th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Macdonald, Charlotte
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Vancouver : UBC Press, 2013, ©2011.
Temas:
1900-1999
Physical fitness > Government policy > Canada > History > 20th century.
Physical fitness > Government policy > Australia > History > 20th century.
Physical fitness > Government policy > New Zealand > History > 20th century.
Physical fitness > Government policy > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Exercise.
Physical Fitness > history
Exercise
Health Policy > history
Health Promotion > history
Body Image
History, 20th Century
Condition physique > Politique gouvernementale > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20 siècle.
Condition physique > Politique gouvernementale > Nouvelle-Zélande > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Condition physique > Politique gouvernementale > Australie > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Condition physique > Politique gouvernementale > Canada > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Exercice.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Exercise.
Physical fitness > Government policy.
United Kingdom
Australasia
Canada
Australia.
Canada.
Great Britain.
New Zealand.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Movement is life: national fitness in England and Scotland
  • Leisure and democracy: physical welfare as the people's entitlement in New Zealand
  • Education or health? National fitness in New South Wales and across Australia
  • Fitness for war and a changed world: national fitness in Canada
  • Healthy bodies, states and modernity: a twentieth-century dilemma.

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