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Marrow of the Nation

A History of Sport and Physical Culture in Republican China
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Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2005

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By 1907, staff at the Tianjin YMCA were rallying their Chinese charges with the cry: When will China be able to send a winning athlete to the Olympic contests? When will China be able to invite all the world to Peking for an International Olympic contest? Nearly a century later, on the eve of China's first-ever Olympic games, this innovative book shows for the first time how sporting culture and ideology played a crucial role in the making of the modern nation-state in Republican China. A landmark work on the history of sport in China, Marrow of the Nation tells the dramatic story of how Olympic-style competitions and ball games, as well as militarized forms of training associated with the West and Japan, were adapted to become an integral part of the modern Chinese experience.

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    Frontmatter

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    Contents

    vii
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    List of Figures

    ix
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    Acknowledgments

    xi
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    Foreword

    xv
    Joseph S. Alter
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    1. Introduction

    1
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    2. “Now the Fun of Exercise Can Be Realized”: From Calisthenics and Gymnastics Ticao to Sports Tiyu in the 1910s

    17
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    3. “Mind, Muscle, and Money”: A Physical Culture for the 1920s

    47
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    4. Nationalism and Power in the Physical Culture of the 1920s

    77
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    5. “We Can Also Be the Controllers and Oppressors”: Social Bodies and National Physiques

    100
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    6. Elite Competitive Sport in the 1930s

    141
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    7. From Martial Arts to National Skills: The Construction of a Modern Indigenous Physical Culture, 1912–37

    185
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    8. Tiyu through Wartime and “Liberation”

    230
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    Notes

    247
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    Bibliography

    301
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    Glossary of Names

    339
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    Glossary of Terms

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    Index

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August 31, 2005
eBook ISBN:
9780520354982
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400
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13 b/w photographs, 1 line drawing, 9 tables
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This book is in the series
Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes
This book is in the series
Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520354982
eBook ISBN: 9780520354982
Keywords for this book
Asia; History; General
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College/higher education;
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