why did wealthy Americans express a heightened interest in physical fitness(sports such) in the 1890s?
Saturday, October 25th, 2008wtws? asked: why did wealthy elites become obsessed with physical fitness(sports, outdoor recreational activities) all of a sudden in the 1890s? this is just a guess, but was it b/c Americans wanted to be racially superior to the influx of immigrants in that period?MARTIN