They Run with Surprising Swiftness : The Women Athletes of Early Modern Britain /

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"This book traces women's competitive running and participation in team sports in Britain throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Radford, Peter, 1939- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville, VA : University of Virginia Press, 2023.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women athletes.
Team sports.
Team sports > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Team sports > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Team sports > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Women athletes > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Women athletes > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Women athletes > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Great Britain.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • In Hera's footsteps
  • Women runners in Britain: the evidence
  • "Of good conversation": from 1638
  • Running for shifts and smocks: to 1699
  • "A Prince's wine and biskets": 1700-1724
  • Visitors write home: 1725-1749
  • Paying the ultimate price: 1750-1774
  • Exhilaration and athleticism: 1775-1799
  • The power to endure: 1800-1824
  • Moral meddling, cant, and sheer humbug: 1825 onward
  • The runners: overview, 1638-1850
  • Women tennis players, team players, fighters, and jockeys: the evidence
  • The tennis players
  • The team players
  • Cricketers of all ages and sizes
  • The fighters
  • The equestrians
  • Women athletes: summary.

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