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- Title
The Ethnicity of Ohio's Strength Culture.
- Authors
FAIR, JOHN D.
- Abstract
The article discusses strength culture and weightlifters in the history of Ohio, particularly German immigrants and those of German descent. One of the larger immigrant populations that settled in Ohio were Germans, who made up half of the population of foreigners living in Ohio from 1850 to 1890. The persistence of aspects of German culture in Ohio and the historiography of strength culture and weightlifting in the U.S. is considered. Particular weightlifters are discussed, including Henry Holtgrewe, the Swedish brothers Adolph and Joe Nordquest, and Harry Paschall. The assimilation of German Americans is also considered.
- Subjects
UNITED States; OHIO; GERMAN Americans; WEIGHT lifting; GERMANS; UNITED States emigration &; immigration; WEIGHT lifters; OHIO state history; ASSIMILATION (Sociology); HISTORY; NINETEENTH century
- Publication
Ohio History, 2010, Vol 117, p5
- ISSN
0030-0934
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/ohh.2010.0002