{"product_id":"martial-arts-in-the-modern-world-9780275981532","title":"Martial Arts in the Modern World","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book examines how practitioners have responded to stimuli such as feminism, globalisation, imperialism, militarism, nationalism slavery and the commercialisation of sport.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComprehensive martial arts collections serving undergraduates, professionals, and general readers. * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTSCONTENTSCONTENTS\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e ix\u003ci\u003eMartial Arts in the Modern World: Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas A. Green\u003c\/i\u003e xi\u003ci\u003eA Note on Romanization\u003c\/i\u003e xvSense in Nonsense: The Role of Folk History in the Martial Arts \u003ci\u003eThomas A. Green\u003c\/i\u003e 1The Martial Arts in Chinese Physical Culture, 1865–1965 \u003ci\u003eStanley E. Henning\u003c\/i\u003e 13The Spirit of Manliness: Boxing in Imperial Japan, 1868–1945 \u003ci\u003eJoseph R. Svinth\u003c\/i\u003e 37Professor Yamashita Goes to Washington \u003ci\u003eJoseph R. Svinth\u003c\/i\u003e 47The Circle and the Octagon: Maeda's Judo and Gracie's Jiu-Jitsu \u003ci\u003eThomas A. Green\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoseph R. Svinth\u003c\/i\u003e 61The Myth of Zen in the Art of Archery \u003ci\u003eYamada Shoji\u003c\/i\u003e 71\"The Lion of the Punjab\": Gama in England, 1910 \u003ci\u003eGraham Noble\u003c\/i\u003e 93The Little Dragon: Bruce Lee (1940–1973) \u003ci\u003eJames Halpin\u003c\/i\u003e 111Surviving the Middle Passage: Traditional African Martial Arts in the Americas \u003ci\u003eThomas A. Green\u003c\/i\u003e 129Kendo in North America, 1885–1955 \u003ci\u003eJoseph R. Svinth\u003c\/i\u003e 149Olympic Games and Japan \u003ci\u003eKano Jigoro\u003c\/i\u003e 167Origins of the British Judo Association, the European Judo Union, and the International Judo Federation \u003ci\u003eRichard Bowen\u003c\/i\u003e 173The Evolution of Taekwondo from Japanese Karate \u003ci\u003eEric Madis\u003c\/i\u003e 185Women's Boxing and Related Activities: Introducing Images and Meanings \u003ci\u003eJennifer Hargreaves\u003c\/i\u003e 209Freeing the Afrikan Mind: The Role of Martial Arts in Contemporary African American Cultural Nationalism \u003ci\u003eThomas A. Green\u003c\/i\u003e 229Action Design: New Directions in Fight Choreography \u003ci\u003eTony Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e 249Martial Arts Meet the New Age: Combatives in the Early Twenty-first-Century American Military \u003ci\u003eJoseph R. Svinth\u003c\/i\u003e 263Epilogue: Where We Go from Here \u003ci\u003eJoseph R. Svinth\u003c\/i\u003e 271\u003ci\u003eAppendix: Definitions of Terms\u003c\/i\u003e 275\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e 279\u003ci\u003eReferences\u003c\/i\u003e 291\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e 317\u003ci\u003eAbout the Editors and Contributors\u003c\/i\u003e 321","brand":"ABC-CLIO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767224140119,"sku":"9780275981532","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780275981532.jpg?v=1758712565","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/martial-arts-in-the-modern-world-9780275981532","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}