Strongman Eugen Sandows World Tour of 1904-1905 - The Perfect Man in Colonial India and Afro-Asia

Strongman Eugen Sandow (1867-1925) was renowned as the world's "perfect man" at the turn of the 20thcentury. This book examines his fascinating 2-year "world tour" of South Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and China in 1904-1905, at the peak of European imperialism and rising Asian confidence and nationalism.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Carey A. Watt is Professor of History at St. Thomas University. He grew up in Montreal, where he completed his BA and MA at Concordia University, before undertaking a PhD in the history of modern India at Cambridge.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Carey Watt
• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheint: 01.06.2024, verspätet
• EAN: 9781839990670
• ISBN: 978-1-83999-067-0
• Seiten: 250
• Serien: Anthem Studies in Travel; Anthem Studies in South Asian Literature, Aesthetics and Culture
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; China, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SPORTS & RECREATION / History, India, South East Asia, General & world history, Colonialism & imperialism, Republic of South Africa, history of sport, Social and cultural history, Colonialism and imperialism, General and world history, c 1900 to c 1909