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A History of sport and physical education to 1900 : (selected topics)
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- Creator
- edited, with introductory essays, by Earle F. Zeigler
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Champaign, Ill. : Stipes Pub. Co., [1973]
- ©1973
- Physical Details
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- vii, 378 pages : 2 portraits ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780875630625, 0875630626
- OCLC
- ocm00813521
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction to Pioneers of modern physical training / Fred E. Leonard -- Early societies. Historical foundations : social and educational / Earle F. Zeigler -- Sport and games in early civilization / Denise Palmer and Maxwell L. Howell -- Early Chinese physical education and sport / Kohsuke Sasajima -- Early Indian physical education / K. Rajagopalan -- Sports and games in ancient Egypt / Kamal Saleh Abdou -- Archaeological evidence of sports and games in ancient Crete / Denise Palmer and Maxwell L. Howell -- Sports and games among the Etruscans / Maxwell L. Howell and Lorne W. Sawula -- Ball games of antiquity / Uriel Simri -- Rubber ball games of early Central America / A.E. Cox, R.G. Glassford, Maxwell L. Howell -- Greece and Rome. Historical foundations : social and educational / Earle F. Zeigler -- Athletic events of The Odyssey / G. Alan Stull -- The Spartan Agoge / Clarence A. Forbes -- Spread of Greek athletics / Harold A. Harris
- (cont.) Influence of Plato and Platonism on the development of physical education in western culture / John R. Fairs -- Greek critics of athletes and athletics (530 B.C.-A.D. 225) / Rachel S. Robinson -- Attitudes towards physical exercise reflected in the literature of ancient Rome / Peter L. Lindsay -- An analysis of the writings of selected church fathers to A.D. 394 to reveal attitudes regarding physical activity / Ralph B. Ballou -- The Middle Ages (including the Renaissance and the Reformation). Historical foundations : social and educational / Earle F. Zeigler -- The idea of history of physical education during the Middle Ages and Renaissance / D.B. Van Dalen -- Chivalric education in the Middle Ages / Jan Broekhoff -- Our legacy from the Middle Ages / Nicolaas J. Moolenijzer -- Physical education in Renaissance Italy and Tudor England / Peter C. McIntosh -- The Enlightenment and 19th century Europe. Historical foundations : social and educational / Earle F. Zeigler -- Gutsmuths, Nachtegall, Ling, and Jahn / Fred E. Leonard
- (cont.) The concept of "natural" in physical education (Johann Guts Muths, Margarete Streicher) / Nicholaas J. Moolenijzer -- The rise of European nationalism and its effect on the pattern of physical education and sport / Glyn C. Roberts -- Physical education in England / Peter C. McIntosh -- The genesis of the modern Olympic games / John A. Lucas -- A biased view of history, historiography and physical education and sport / Earle F. Zeigler
Subjects
- Sports -- History.
- Physical education and training -- History.
- Games -- History.
- Sports -- history.
Medical Subject Heading
- Physical Education and Training -- history.
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