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Sports Spectators
Allen GuttmannAllen Guttmann. 51. Kowett, “TV Sports,” 2-8. 52. These may seem like suspiciously low figures, but one must remember that they are averages. In the case of NFL football, there were 94 telecasts. 53. The Winter Olympics peaked on Saturdays ...
Essays on Sport History and Sport Mythology
Allen GuttmannAllen Guttmann Donald G. Kyle, Gary D. Stark. modern society with the Roman imperial decadence of “bread and circuses”—the classical form of mass culture. This is a catastrophic or cyclical view of history rather than a progressive one.
Sports: The First Five Millennia
Allen GuttmannThis work traces this evolution across continents, cultures, and historical epochs to construct a single comprehensive narrative of the world's sports.
Japanese Sports: A History
Allen GuttmannThe book goes on to describe the history of physical education in the school system, the emergence of amateur and professional leagues, the involvement of business and the media in sports promotion, and Japan's participation in the Olympics ...
A Whole New Ball Game: An Interpretation of American Sports
Allen GuttmannTraces the development of modern collegiate and professional sports, explains how they reflect American culture, and looks at the role sports have played in Americanizing immigrants
The Olympics: A History of the Modern Games
Allen GuttmannTraces the history of the modern Olympics from 1896 to 2000, contrasting the ideal of the game with the often politicized reality.
From Ritual to Record: The Nature of Modern Sports, Updated ...
Allen GuttmannOriginally published in 1978, From Ritual to Record was one of the first books to recognize the importance of sports as a lens on the fundamental structure of societies.
Thought
More editionsJohn Giles Milhaven 343 Guttmann, Allen: The conservative tradition (Francis X. Duggan) 157 Hagopian, John V.: /. F. Powers (Lawrence Cunningham) 132 Hiring, Bernard : Christian maturity ( Richard W. Rousseau ) 136 Heaney, John J. : ...
Mortal Engines: The Science of Performance and the ...
John M. HobermanWill it be read by those who have the power to influence events?" -- Allen Guttmann, International Journal of the History of Sport 11 (1994): 516, 517 "Mortal Engines is a horror story.
Women's Sports: A History
Allen GuttmannTraces the history of women in sports from ancient civilizations to the present, analyzing the relationship between social class and choice of sport, and the varying ways sporting women are perceived in different cultures
Reports of the President and the Treasurer
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial FoundationErnest L. Eliel Seymour Epstein Louise Erdrich George H. Ford* Donald M. Friedman Frederick A. Fuhrman Arthur William Galston James E. Gerald, Jr.* Rona Goffen* Martin Burgess Green Allen Guttmann Gwendolyn Midlo Hall Mary Henle ...
Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking: Be a Happy Non-smoker ...
Allen CarrAnd I haven't smoked since' Ashton Kutcher Special offer: Recover the cost of this book when you attend an Allen Carr Clinic. Allen Carr was an accountant who smoked 100 cigarettes a day until he discovered EASYWAY.
Dictionary of National Biography. Supplement
More editions1555 15921 Alleine, Joseph (1634-1668) . Alleine, Richard (1611-1681) . Alleine , William (1614-1677) . Allen. See also Allan, Allein, Alleine, Al leyn, Allin. Allen, Alexander (1814-1842) . Allen, Anthony (d. 1754) . Allen, Bennet [fl. 1761-1782) .
Allen Carr's Easy Way to Control Alcohol
Allen CarrIn this classic guide Allen applies his revolutionary method to drinking. With startling insight into why w.
The Atlas of Breeding Birds of Alberta
Glen Peter Semenchuk... Storms EVENT VOLUNTEERS AND OFFICE ASSISTANCE Gordon Armitage Louis Beens Joe Bourke Natalie Bourke ... Karen Aldred, S.E. Alexander, David Allan, Kim Allan, Barry Allan, James Allen, Daniel Allen, Robina Allen, M. Allen, ...
The Craftsman and the Critic: Defining Usefulness and Beauty ...
Beverly Kay BrandtAPPENDIX E ARCHITECT MEMBERS OF THE SACB, 1897-1917 Sources: Henry F. Withey and Elsie Rathbun Withey, Biographical Dictionary 311. Allen & Kenway Allen & Vance Allen & Collens Harvard MIT Allen, Francis R. i843?-io3i ...
No More Worrying: The revolutionary Allen Carr's Easy Way ...
Allen CarrWith stress and anxiety problems on the rise, Allen Carr's famous method is sure to be a top seller in this category.
George Allen: The Only Son
Mary Anna Fox“Never mind,” said George Allen, who could scarcely speak for laughing, “scrape off the outside, the rest is as good as ever.” “Ay, so we can, Allen,” said Theodore, and set himself to work to repair the damage, while his assistant cooks busied ...
Reports of Cases Determined by the Supreme Court of the ...
More editionsAllen. land had been deeded to his wife and children. Brown, also a witness for defendant, testified that James G. Allen stated to him that Nesbit had a lien on the land for about $900, but that he, Allen, was entitled to a credit oi" $400; that, ...
The Philosopher's Window: And Other Poems
Allen R. GrossmanAnd Other Poems Allen R. Grossman. Copyright © 1993, 1995 by Allen Grossman All rights reserved. Except for brief passages quoted in a newspaper, magazine, radio, or television review, no pan of this book may be reproduced in any form ...
Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series
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Perspectives on Care at Home for Older People
PreviewAllen, Davina. 2002b. Creating a participatory caring context on hospital wards. In Nursing andthe division of labourin healthcare, edited by Davina Allen and David Hughes, 151–182. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Allen,Davina.2004.
The Voice: Mel Allen's Untold Story
Curt SmithColumnist Maury Allen has covered sports since 1959: "No topic caused more mail than why the Yankees fired Mel." This is the first book to explain why. The Voice also tells how Allen responded: gallantly, even nobly.
What Washington Can Learn From the World of Sports
George AllenAnd George Allen—former U.S. Senator, former Virginia Governor, and son of the great NFL coach George Allen, Sr.—brings these two worlds together in his new book, The Triumph of Character: What Washington Can Learn From the Principles ...
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