{"product_id":"9781839990670","title":"PRE-ORDER NOW Strongman Eugen Sandow's World Tour of 1904-1905 : The `Perfect Man' in Colonial India and Afro-Asia by Carey Watt","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 12\/05\/2026 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is about strongman and physical culture pioneer Eugen Sandow's (1867-1925) encounter with colonial Afro-Asia at the turn of the twentieth century, and the fascinating legacy of that encounter. It reveals the significance of Sandow's 17-month world tour of 1904-1905 (through South Africa, India, the Straits Settlements [Singapore and Malaysia], and China), with much attention devoted to the 8months he spent in India-the British Empire's \"Jewel in the Crown\". It highlights the wider empire, the globalization of physical culture (including yoga and ju-jitsu), and new notions of scientifically sculpted muscular male bodies, entertainment, and transnational or global connections and comparisons in the first decade of the twentieth century. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56369327505781,"sku":"9781839990670","price":80.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781839990670.jpg?v=1763552992","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781839990670","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}