Table of Contents

List of Tables Acknowledgments Foreword by Joseph Alter 1. introduction 2. "now the fun of exercise can be realized": from calisthenics and gymnastics ticao to sports tiyu in the 1910s 3. "mind, muscle, and money": a physical culture for the 1920s 4. nationalism and power in the physical culture of the 1920s 5. "we can also be the controllers and oppressors": social bodies and national physiques 6. elite competitive sport in the 1930s 7. from martial arts to national skills: the construction of a modern indigenous physical culture, 1912--37 8. tiyu through wartime and "liberation" Glossary of Names Glossary of Terms Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author

Andrew D. Morris is Associate Professor of History at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

Reviews

"Marrow of the Nation is the first book about how new ideas of sport and the body shaped the Chinese nation in its formative years. It is a much needed contribution toward understanding the origins of China's long quest to host the Olympic games." - Susan Brownell, author of Training the Body for China"