The history of physical culture in Ireland /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Heffernan, Conor (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Combating the 'Evils of Civilisation': Recreational Physical Culture in Pre-Independence Ireland
  • 3. 'With this atmosphere of unrest and sinister rumours...': Military Physical Culture in Pre-Independence Ireland
  • 4. 'The production and maintenance of health in body and mind': Educational Physical Culture in Pre-Independence Ireland
  • 5. 'Physical culture is good for body and soul.': Recreational Physical Culture in Interwar Ireland
  • 6. 'Embracing the Whole Gambit of Physical Exercise.': Interwar Military Physical Culture
  • 7. "In Ireland the subject of physical training had perhaps, been neglected": Interwar Physical Culture in Schools
  • 8. Conclusion: 'Physical Culture is Nation's Need.'.