Description |
1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
Physical Medium |
polychrome. |
Description |
data file |
Note |
Originally published: Wellington, New Zealand : Bridget Williams Books Limited, 2011. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
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. |
Summary |
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, the medical establishment, and popular culture on the importance of having "a better body." |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Physical fitness -- Government policy -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
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Physical fitness -- Government policy. |
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Canada. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
Physical fitness. |
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Physical fitness -- Government policy -- Australia -- History -- 20th century.
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Australia. |
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Physical fitness -- Government policy -- New Zealand -- History -- 20th century.
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New Zealand. |
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Physical fitness -- Government policy -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Great Britain. |
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United Kingdom. |
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Australasia. |
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Canada. |
Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Macdonald, Charlotte. Strong, beautiful, and modern. Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2013 (CaOONL)20129071374 |
ISBN |
9780774825306 (e-book) |
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0774825308 |
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9780774825283 (paperback) |
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0774825286 |
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9781927131572 |
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192713157X |
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9780774825313 |
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0774825316 |
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