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Sports & aging : a prescription for longevity
- Title
- Sports & aging : a prescription for longevity / edited and with an introduction by Gerald R. Gems.
- Publication
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | GV708.5 .S68 2022 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Gems, Gerald R.
- Description
- vii, 313 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "In Sports and Aging, a wide-ranging group of physically active people, including many scholar-athletes, discuss sports in the context of aging and their own athletic experiences"--
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: sport and aging / Gerald R. Gems -- A history of aging / Gerald R. Gems -- Life with a purpose / Frances Gems -- Looking back / Tony Kaleth -- It was not easy! / Maha Ebeid -- My life of physical activity and fitness / James R. Coates -- Aging, anti-aging, and infinite youth: aging in Taiwan / Chia-ju Yen -- A matter of perspective / Samuel O. Regalado -- Dance until the music stops / Tansin Benn -- Çarpe diem: seize the day / Luciane Lauffer -- Aging as an adventure / M. Ann Hall -- An anti-aging sporting life in an aging society / Kohei Kawashima -- Going strong: one sport historian reflects on aging / Gary Osmond -- An essay on a meaningful life with sport as a permanent companion / Else Trangbaek -- Making a difference / Janice J. Crosswhite -- Fit fun, forever young: sport discourses and practices of aging women / Gertrud Pfister -- Sport and aging: conclusions / Gerald R. Gems -- Appendix -- Contributors.
- ISBN
- 9781496226006
- 1496226003
- 9781496231611
- 1496231619
- 9781496232267 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781496232274 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2021046863
- OCLC
- 1263743049
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library