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Sports in Zion : Mormon recreation, 1890-1940
- Title
- Sports in Zion : Mormon recreation, 1890-1940 / Richard Ian Kimball.
- Author
- Kimball, Richard Ian.
- Publication
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2003.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 03-14176 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- x, 217 p.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Sport and society
- Uniform Title
- Sports and society.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-212) and index.
- Contents
- "Not playing without a purpose" : the construction of a Mormon recreation ideology -- "A strong arm to the church" : recreation building boom -- "For the uplifting and the betterment of the youth of Israel" : athletics, socialization, and the "selling of the word of wisdom" -- "A means of preserving the memory of the Mormon pioneers" : LDS recreation in the great outdoors -- "To make the most of leisure" : recreation responds in a depression decade.
- Call Number
- JFE 03-14176
- ISBN
- 0252028570 (Cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2002156585
- OCLC
- 51305940
- Author
- Kimball, Richard Ian.
- Title
- Sports in Zion : Mormon recreation, 1890-1940 / Richard Ian Kimball.
- Imprint
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2003.
- Series
- Sport and societySports and society.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-212) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 03-14176