The contribution of Robert Owen and David Stow to the initiation and development of physical education in Scotland during the 19th century is examined. These men of different nationalities, different beliefs and different social backgrounds were directly responsible for placing physical education...
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E. & F.N. Spon, London, UK
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Sport, culture, society. International historical and sociological perspectives. Proceedings of the VIII Commonwealth and International Conference on Sport, Physical Education, Dance, Recreation and Health. Conference '86 Glasgow, 18-23 July, 1986, pp 60-67
The role of the family as a social system in socializing sportsmen into sports is documented. A sample of 200 sportsmen in different sports and who have participated at higher levels was randomly selected. A pretested questionnaire was used to collect the data. The analysis showed that a...
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Sohi, A. S.; Singh, K.
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E. & F.N. Spon, London, UK
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Sport, culture, society. International historical and sociological perspectives. Proceedings of the VIII Commonwealth and International Conference on Sport, Physical Education, Dance, Recreation and Health. Conference '86 Glasgow, 18-23 July, 1986, pp 246-252
From 1850-1900 the colony of Queensland experienced significant growth resulting from the opening up of the rich inland pastoral lands, and the discoveries of gold and other minerals in the central and northern parts of the colony. Towns, industries, roads, railways, ports and communication...
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Howell, R. A.; Howell, M. L.
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E. & F.N. Spon, London, UK
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Sport, culture, society. International historical and sociological perspectives. Proceedings of the VIII Commonwealth and International Conference on Sport, Physical Education, Dance, Recreation and Health. Conference '86 Glasgow, 18-23 July, 1986, pp 20-26
The effect of the Indian Treaties 6 and 7 between H.M. Queen Victoria and the Cree and Blackfoot Confederacies of Canada's plains have had a lasting effect on the Indian peoples and the regions in which they live. The reservations established as a result of these Treaties and the residential school ...
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E. & F.N. Spon, London, UK
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Sport, culture, society. International historical and sociological perspectives. Proceedings of the VIII Commonwealth and International Conference on Sport, Physical Education, Dance, Recreation and Health. Conference '86 Glasgow, 18-23 July, 1986, pp 27-32
Sport, mainly in the form of village children's games, existed in Papua New Guinea in traditional times. These traditional games, many of which are still played today, have the same play characteristics as modern games although, in general, they were games of cooperation rather than games of high...
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E. & F.N. Spon, London, UK
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Sport, culture, society. International historical and sociological perspectives. Proceedings of the VIII Commonwealth and International Conference on Sport, Physical Education, Dance, Recreation and Health. Conference '86 Glasgow, 18-23 July, 1986, pp 33-38
This paper has three objectives: (1) to highlight how analyses of 19th century leisure are flawed in several respects; (2) to propose an alternative perspective based on developmental sociology; and (3) to illustrate the value of developmental sociology with reference to the modernization of...
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E. & F.N. Spon, London, UK
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Sport, culture, society. International historical and sociological perspectives. Proceedings of the VIII Commonwealth and International Conference on Sport, Physical Education, Dance, Recreation and Health. Conference '86 Glasgow, 18-23 July, 1986, pp 39-44
Most previous studies of professional football and popular culture have ignored problems of football finance and have used class and class relations as the main analytical tools. This approach reveals little about the meanings which Scottish football provokes. Evidence of the financial relation...
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Moorhouse, H. F.
Publisher
E. & F.N. Spon, London, UK
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Sport, culture, society. International historical and sociological perspectives. Proceedings of the VIII Commonwealth and International Conference on Sport, Physical Education, Dance, Recreation and Health. Conference '86 Glasgow, 18-23 July, 1986, pp 52-59
In moving towards an analysis which is both historical and sociological this paper develops three particular themes: (1) a synthesis and critique of some of the key authors who have written about this Highland phenomenon; (2) the strengths and weaknesses of two particular schools of thought which...
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E. & F.N. Spon, London, UK
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Sport, culture, society. International historical and sociological perspectives. Proceedings of the VIII Commonwealth and International Conference on Sport, Physical Education, Dance, Recreation and Health. Conference '86 Glasgow, 18-23 July, 1986, pp 68-75
From 1895-1915 the last English romantic ideal, that of Imperial Manliness, flourished at the public schools in this their 'golden age'. The games-player was the exemplar of the ideal, for to represent the house or school at sport was seen as an apprenticeship for serving the Empire, with the...
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E. & F.N. Spon, London, UK
Citation
Sport, culture, society. International historical and sociological perspectives. Proceedings of the VIII Commonwealth and International Conference on Sport, Physical Education, Dance, Recreation and Health. Conference '86 Glasgow, 18-23 July, 1986, pp 76-83
An investigation was made into whether old Caucasian folk games are flourishing along with modern Olympic-type sports. Brief details of surviving games and modern sports are documented, and it is concluded that the same persons in the Caucasus seem to excel in both types of activity, and that the...
Publisher
E. & F.N. Spon, London, UK
Citation
Sport, culture, society. International historical and sociological perspectives. Proceedings of the VIII Commonwealth and International Conference on Sport, Physical Education, Dance, Recreation and Health. Conference '86 Glasgow, 18-23 July, 1986, pp 99-108