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1 online resource (415 pages) |
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| Contents |
HISTORY OF AMERICANPHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 A PRELUDE TO AMERICAN PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT; Chapter 2 NATIVE AMERICANS; Chapter 3 THE COLONIZATION OF AMERICA 1607-1775; Chapter 4 EARLY AMERICA AND THE FRONTIER, 1776-1890; Chapter 5 URBANIZATION AND INDUSTRIALIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1850-1890; Chapter 6 THE WOMEN'S RIGHTS MOVEMENT; Chapter 7 AMERICAN TURNERS; Chapter 8 FROM GYMNASTICS TO AMERICAN PHYSICAL EDUCATION; Chapter 9 TEACHER PREPARATION; Chapter 10 THE EVOLUTION OF DANCE IN AMERICA; Chapter 11 THE INFLUENCE OF WARFARE ON PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT. |
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Chapter 12 MEN'S SPORTS PROGRAMSChapter 13 WOMEN'S SPORTS PROGRAMS; Chapter 14 ATHLETIC WEAR LTD. GROWS TO A MULTIBILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY; Chapter 15 THE ANCIENT OLYMPIC GAMES PROTOTYPE FOR THE MODERN ERA; Chapter 16 THE SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES 1920 -1936; Chapter 17 THE SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES 1948 -2008; Chapter 18 THE OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 1924 -2010; INDEX. |
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Both the first and second editions of this book were extremely well received for use in undergraduate and graduate courses in physical education and allied fields of recreation. This success has brought about this third edition which updates each chapter into the twenty-first century, thoroughly tracing the the sources and development of todayï¿1D s games, sports, dances, and physical education programs. Major topics include: the games of native Americans; recreational and sporting activities of colonial Americans; adaptation of sports by the westward pioneers; influences of urbanization, indust. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Physical education and training -- United States -- History.
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Physical education and training. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Sports -- United States -- History.
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Sports. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Welch, Paula D. History Of American Physical Education And Sport. Springfield : Charles C Thomas, ©2004 9780398075071 |
| ISBN |
9780398090456 (electronic book) |
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0398090459 (electronic book) |
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