This lively text helps students understand how play, games, sport, and physical education evolved in western civilization. Using several interpretive frameworks, students explore topics such as the mind/body relationship, urbanization, industrialization, modernization, impact of technology, and politics, and their effect on sport and physical education throughout history. New texts now come packaged with "PowerWeb: Health & Human Performance!"
- ISBN10 0697258831
- ISBN13 9780697258830
- Publish Date 1 July 1997 (first published 1 November 1992)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 19 September 2001
- Publish Country US
- Publisher McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
- Imprint Brown (William C.) Co ,U.S.
- Edition 2nd Revised edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 416
- Language English