Download or read book The Cultivation of Body and Mind in Nineteenth-century American Delsartism written by Nancy Lee Chalfa Ruyter and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation A chronicle of the history of American Delsartism that provides biographical information on its major proponents, and discusses its range of theory and practice, and its relevance in the contexts of women's nineteenth-century cultural history and the history of modern dance.