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Sport and American mentality, 1880-1910 / Donald J. Mrozek.

Title: Sport and American mentality, 1880-1910 / Donald J. Mrozek.
Author: Mrozek, Donald J.
Publication: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c1983.

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Description

xx, 284 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

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History

Note

Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. 257-277.

Processing Action (note)

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Contents

Strategies of Regeneration -- Social Efficiency and the Spirit of Victory--The Ideas and Sporting Practices of Politicians and Military Officers -- Winning and the Regulated Life--The New Experts in Physical Culture -- Sporting Life as Consumption, Fashion, and Display--The Pastimes of the Rich -- From "Swooning Damsel" to Sportswoman--The Role of Women as a Constituency in Sport -- From Playing Fields to National Parks--The Instinct toward American Nationalism in Sport and Recreation -- Toward a New Image of the Body--Champions of Movement and Action -- Sport and Mentality.

ISBN

0870493949 :
0870493957 (pbk.) :

LCCN

^^^83003667^

OCLC

9282907

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library