They run with surprising swiftness : the women athletes of early modern Britain / Peter Radford.
Radford, Peter, 1939- author.; ProQuest (Firm)
2023
GV709.18.G7 R34 2023
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Title
They run with surprising swiftness : the women athletes of early modern Britain / Peter Radford.
Author
Radford, Peter, 1939- author.
ISBN
0813947944
9780813947945
9780813947921
9780813947938
Published
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2023.
Copyright
©2023
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
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GV709.18.G7 R34 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification
796.092/52
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 30, 2023).
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ProQuest (Firm)
Series
Peculiar bodies: stories and histories.
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In Hera's footsteps
Women runners in Britain: the evidence
"Of good conversation": from 1638
Running for shifts and smocks: to 1699
"A Prince's wine and biskets": 1700-1724
Visitors write home: 1725-1749
Paying the ultimate price: 1750-1774
Exhilaration and athleticism: 1775-1799
The power to endure: 1800-1824
Moral meddling, cant, and sheer humbug: 1825 onward
The runners: overview, 1638-1850
Women tennis players, team players, fighters, and jockeys: the evidence
The tennis players
The team players
Cricketers of all ages and sizes
The fighters
The equestrians
Women athletes: summary.

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