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Author:

Mechikoff, Robert A., 1949-

Title:

A history and philosophy of sport and physical education : from ancient civilizations to the modern world / Robert A. Mechikoff, Steven G. Estes.

Edition:

4th ed.

Publisher:

McGraw-Hill,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xvi, 415 p. : ill. 24 cm.

Subject:

Physical education and training--History.
Sports--History.
Physical education and training--Philosophy.
Sports--Philosophy.

Other Authors:

Estes, Steven.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

History and philosophy in sport and physical education -- Sumer, Egypt, China, and Mesoamerica -- Greece -- Rome -- Philosophy, sport, and physical education during the Middle Ages : 900-1400 -- Renaissance and the Reformation : 1300-1600 -- Age of science and the Enlightenment : 1560-1789 -- Philosophical positions of the body and the development of physical education : contributions of the Germans, Swedes, and Danes in nineteenth-century Europe -- Impact of science and the concept of health on the theoretical and professional development of physical education, 1885-1930 -- Transformation of physical education : 1900-1939 -- Sport in the Colonial period -- Changing concepts of the body : an overview of sport and play in nineteenth-century America -- Sport in the twentieth century -- Pioneers and progress : 1896-1936 -- Cold War Olympics : 1948-1988 -- After the Cold War : 1992-2004.

ISBN:

9780072973020 (softcover : alk. paper) :
0072973021 (softcover : alk. paper) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)60454894

LCCN:

2005049555

Locations:

O4AX446 -- Chadwick Library

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)