Women's Sports: A History

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Columbia University Press, 1991 - 339 páginas
The subject is rife with social and cultural implications which Guttmann explores as he traces the development of women's sports from antiquity to the present, including the evolution and the revolution in the 20th century and contemporary controversies.

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Introduction
1
A History of Womens Sports
5
From the Egyptians to the Etruscans
7
Spartan Girls and Other Runners
17
Matrons and Gladiators
33
The Lady Hunts a Stag
41
A Renaissance for Womens Sports?
53
Cricketeers on the Green and Viragos in the Ring
67
The Europeans Take the Lead
154
Womens Sports and Totalitarian Regimes
172
Evolutionary Change
189
The Present State of Womens Sports
207
Revolutionary Change
209
Three Contemporary Controversies
251
Notes
267
Bibliographical Note
317

The Victorian Age Debility and Strength
85
The Victorian Age From Swedish Drill to Field Hockey
106
Play Days and Muscle Molls
135

Términos y frases comunes

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