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02824aam a22003494i 4500 001 A2DA4ACED7AA11EAACEF483997128E48 003 SILO 005 20200806010102 008 191024s2019 ncua b 000 0 eng c 010 $a 2019046659 020 $a 1611635012 020 $a 9781611635010 035 $a (OCoLC)1126347634 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d IWA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a GV583 O44 2019 100 1 $a Ogden, Arthur G. $e author. 245 10 $a Philosophy of American sport : $b toward a quest for virtue / $c Arthur G. Ogden. 264 1 $a Durham, North Carolina : $b Carolina Academic Press, LLC, $c [2019] 300 $a xxxi, 132 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-120). 505 0 $a Sport in America : a unique paradigm -- Historical roots of sport in America -- Philosophy and sport : virtue in action -- Overview of American sport history -- Philosophical basis of American sport -- Influencing factor : American sport culture's underpinnings in its Civil War -- Influencing factor : notions of American competition -- Influencing factor : concept of teamwork in America -- Influencing factor : American the economy -- Influencing factor : recreational opportunities -- Influencing factor : American educational structure -- Global influence of American sport -- Contemporary influences and future directions of American sport. 520 $a "There are five elements of the American tapestry which have contributed to the exponential growth of sport in America today, which, combined, form a Construct of American Sport. Those five elements are the American economy; the competitive nature of the American psyche; the sense of teamwork in American character; the American educational structure from kindergarten through the college experience; and the organized recreational leagues that have emerged in community after community. In this book, the author discusses how the blending of these seemingly tangential elements idealized in American sport actually has its roots in the ancient concept of "virtue." Through an explicit application of these elements it is apparent that American sport, with all its successes and failures, with all its vices and foibles, exhibits a true quest for virtue, woven into the fabric of why and how America and Americans approach life and reflected in the microcosm of American sport"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Sports $z United States $x Philosophy. 650 0 $a Sports $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Sports $x Social aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Virtue. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20201103021203.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A2DA4ACED7AA11EAACEF483997128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search