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Strokes of Genius: A History of Swimming
Langbeschreibung
What could be better than diving into cool water on a hot day? In this enormously enjoyable and informative history of swimming, Eric Chaline sums up this most summery of moments with one phrase: pleasure beckons at the water's edge. Strokes of Genius traces the history of swimming from the first civilizations to its current worldwide popularity as a sport, fitness pastime, and leisure activity. Chaline explores swimming's role in ritual, early trade and manufacturing, warfare, and medicine, before describing its transformation in the early modern period into a leisure activity and a competitive sport--the necessary precursors that have made it the most common physical pastime in the developed world.
Eric Chaline has combined writing and academic work with sports and exercise, both as a practitioner and coach. He has written books on a range of subjects, including history, travel, and health and fitness and is the author of The Temple of Perfection: A History of the Gym, also published by Reaktion Books.
ISBN-13:
9781780238197
Veröffentl:
2017
Erscheinungsdatum:
15.10.2017
Seiten:
256
Autor:
Eric Chaline
Gewicht:
766 g
Format:
223x141x30 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
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