| Description |
xix, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Sports and entertainment |
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Sports and entertainment.
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| Contents |
1. In the beginning : Puritan values, private schools, and play -- 2. Tom Brown at home and abroad -- 3. The name of the game : organize! -- 4. Postwar surge : more schools, sports, and schedules -- 5. Muscle and manliness indoors -- 6. Scribes and pundits -- 7. Morality and sport : Groton's Endicott Peabody -- 8. Ringers and other skulduggery -- 9. Faculty leadership : from permissive observer to vocal advocate -- 10. Finally, athletics for all -- 11. An ending and a new beginning |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
School sports -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Boarding schools -- United States.
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Masculinity in sports -- United States.
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| LC no. |
2005013558 |
| ISBN |
0815630824 hardcover cloth alk. paper |
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