Author: Carolyn A. Martin
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ISBN: 9780896412897
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 376

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Author: Seward Charle Staley
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Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 374

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Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 612

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The 1st ed. accompanied by a list of Library of Congress card numbers for books (except fiction, pamphlets, etc.) which are included in the 1st ed. and its supplement, 1926/29.

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Category : Athletics
Languages : en
Pages : 188

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Category : Children's rights
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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Author: St. Louis Public Library
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Languages : en
Pages : 760

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Author: St. Louis Public Library
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Languages : en
Pages : 386

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"Teachers' bulletin", vol. 4- issued as part of v. 23, no. 9-

Author: Nigel B. Crowther
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313051240
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 209

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Crowther offers a fascinating look at the role of sport as practiced in several important civilizations in the ancient world. He not only probes the games themselves, but explores the ways in which athletics figured into cultural arenas that extended beyond physical prowess to military associations, rituals, status, and politics. Sport in Ancient Times has four distinct parts: the Prehistoric Age, historic Greece, ancient Italy, and the Byzantine Empire. Beginning with the earliest civilizations, Crowther examines the military and recreational aspects of sports in prehistoric Egypt, with brief references to other river-valley cultures in Sumeria, Mesopotamia, and Persia. He looks at the rituals of Cretan bull-leaping and boxing in the Bronze Age, the high status of sports in Mycenaean Greece, and the funeral games in the Trojan War as described by the epic poet Homer. In what he terms the historic period, Crowther examines the significance of the ancient Olympic Games, the events of Greek athletics, and the attitude of other civilizations (notably Rome) towards them. He attempts to discover to what extent the Romans believed in the famous ideal of Juvenal, a sound mind in a sound body, and discusses the significance of the famous Baths not only for sport, but also for culture and society. He likewise explores the Roman emphasis on spectator sports and the use of gladiatorial contests and chariot racing for political purposes (the concept of bread and games). The section on the Byzantine Empire focuses, notably, on chariot racing and the riots at sporting contests—riots reminiscent of crowd violence in modern sports such as soccer. Crowther closes with perspectives that bring to life some of the issues revealed in previous chapters. These include a comparison of the social status and significance of a famous Olympic athlete (Milo), a Roman gladiator (Hermes), and a Byzantine chariot racer (Porphyrius). He also addresses the changing role of women in sports in antiquity. Women were prominent in sport in Egypt, for example, but almost entirely absent from the ancient Olympic Games. The final chapter discusses team sports and ball games. Although these were comparatively rare in the ancient world, one may see in those that did exist the forerunners of modern football and hockey.

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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 682

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Author: Henry Duff Traill
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 844

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