Beyond the Gymnasium Educating the

This book is the first systematic effort to examine the history of the body in modern Germany. By looking into medical dietetics, walking, dancing, gymnastics, cholera, and class rooms it reconstructs the ways the middle-class body became a source of political and social autonomy and a medium of social interaction.

Heikki Lempa is assistant professor of modern European history at Moravian College.

List of Tables and Figures	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Quest for Bodily Autonomy	p. 16
Dietetics	p. 18
Restoring the Balance	p. 47
Practices of Bodily Education	p. 65
Gymnastics	p. 67
Dance	p. 112
Walking	p. 163
The Crises of the 1830s	p. 195
Cholera	p. 197
The Uberburdung Debate and Gymnasium	p. 216
Conclusion	p. 233
Bibliography	p. 243
Index	p. 281
About the Author	p. 293
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Beyond the Gymnasium Educating the Middle-Class Bodies in Classical Germany

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