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Additional Selected References

History of Physical Education and Sport
  • Bennet, B.L. (Ed.). (1972). The history of physical education and sport. Proceedings of the Big Ten Symposium, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, March 1-3, 1971. Chicago, IL: The Athletic Institute.
  • Freeman, W.H. (1997). Physical education and sport in a changing society (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
  • Gorn, E., & Goldstein, W. (2004). A brief history of American sports. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois.
  • Haan, N., Aerts, E. & Cooper, B.A.B. (1985). On moral grounds. New York, NY: New York University.
  • Henry, B. (1981). An approved history of the Olympic games. Los Angeles, CA: The Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games.
  • Levine, P. (1989). American sport: A documentary history. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
  • Polidoro, R.J. (Ed.). (2000). Sport and physical activity in the modern world. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
  • Rader, B.G. (2004). American sports: From the age of folk games to the age of televised sports. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
  • Struna, N.L. (1996). People of prowess: Sport, leisure, and labor in early Anglo-America. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois.
  • Van Dalen, D.B., & Bennett, B.L. (1971). A world history of physical education: Cultural, philosophical, comparative (2nd ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
  • Welch, P.D. (1996). History of American physical education and sport (2nd ed.). Springfield, IL: C. C. Thomas.
  • Young, D.C. (1984). The Olympic myth of Greek amateur athletics. Chicago, IL: Ares.
  • Young, D.C. (1996). The modern Olympics: A struggle for revival. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University.
Philosophy of Physical Education and Sport
  • Bergman, D.S. (2003). Why sport?: An introduction to the philosophy of sport. Canada: Thompson Educational Publishing.
  • Drowatzky, J.N. (1996). Ethical decision making in physical activity research. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
  • Fraleigh, W.P. (1984). Right action in sport. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
  • Gerber, E., & William, M. (Eds.). (1979). Sport and body: A philosophical symposium (2nd ed.) Philadelphia, PA: Lea & Febiger
  • Lumpkin, A., Kay Stoll, S., & Beller, J.M. (1994). Sport ethics: Applications for fair play. St Louis, MO: Mosby.
  • Malloy, D.C., Ross, S., & Zakus, D.H. (2003). Sport ethics: Concepts and cases in sport and recreation (2nd. ed.). Canada: Thompson Educational Publishing.
  • Shea, E.J. (1978). Ethical decisions in physical education and sport. Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas.
  • Shea, E.J. (1996). Ethical decisions in sport: Interscholastic, intercollegiate, Olympic, and professional. Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas.
  • Wertz, S.K. (1991). Talking a good game: Inquiries into the principles of sport. Dallas, TX: Southern Methodist University.

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Related References for Book review & report
(Chose any one book from the list below or bring in your personal selection for instructor's approval)
  • American College Of Sports Medicine. (2004). Advances in sports medicine and exercise science: 50 years of ACSM. Tampa, FL: Faircount LLC.
  • Andre, J., & David, N.J. (Eds.). (1991). Rethinking college athletics. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University.
  • Baldwin, D. (1996). Track and field record holders: Profiles of the men and women who set world, Olympic, and American marks, 1946 through 1995. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co.
  • Barnes, D.R. (2004). Notable sports figures. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale.
  • Borish, L.J. (2004). The cradle of American champions, women champions...swim champions: Charlotte Epstein, gender and Jewish identity, and the physical emancipation of women in aquatic sports. International Journal of the History of Sport, 21(2), 197-236.
  • Bullock, S.R. (2004). Playing for their nation: Baseball and the American military during World War II. Lincoln, NB: University Of Nebraska.
  • Campbell, K. (1980). Body and mind. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame.
  • Cashmore, E. (1982). Black sportsmen. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
  • Danielson, M.N. (1997). Home team: Professional sports and the American metropolis. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University.
  • Delaney, K.J., & Eckstein, R. (2004). Public dollars, private stadiums: Battles over building sports stadiums. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
  • Doull, J.D. (1978). The history of the development of women's costumes in selected team and individual sports. Microform Publications, College of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, University of Oregon, Eugene: Call # fiche IGG 540.
  • Drummond, S., & Rathburn, E. (Eds.). (1996). Grace & glory: A century of women in the Olympics. Washington, DC: Multi-Media Partners.
  • Dunnavant, K. (2004). The fifty-year seduction: How television manipulated college football, from the birth of the modern NCAA to the creation of the BCS. New York, NY: Thomas Dunne Books.
  • Duncan, J. (Ed.). (2004). Sport in American culture: From Ali to X Games. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC CLIO.
  • Durso, J. (1995). Diamaggio: The last American knight. Boston, MA: Little Brown.
  • Edwards, H. (1970). The revolt of the Black athlete. New York, NY: Macmillian.
  • Evey, S. (2004). ESPN: The no holds barred story of power, ego, money, and vision that transformed a culture. Chicago, IL: Triumph Books.
  • Ferguson, G.W. (2004). Sports in America: Fascination and blemishes. Santa Fe, NH: Sunstone.
  • Guttman, A. (1988). A whole new ball game: An interpretation of American sports. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina.
  • Guttman, A. (1996). The erotic in sports. New York, NY: Columbia University.
  • Heisler, M. (1996). They shoot coaches, don't they?: UCLA and the NCAA since John Wooden. New York, NY: Macmillan USA.
  • Hoberman, J. (1997). Darwin's athletes: How sport has damaged Black America and preserved the myth of race. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.
  • Jacobs, T., & Roberts, R. (2004). 100 athletes who shaped sports history. San Mateo, CA: Bluewood Books.
  • Johnson, A.J. (1996). Great women in sport. Detroit, MI: Visible Ink Press.
  • King, C.R. (2004). Native Amercans in sports. New York, NY: M.E. Sharpe.
  • Kruger, A., & Riordan, J. (Eds.). (1996). The story of worker sport. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
  • Kyle, D.G., & Stark, G.D. (Eds.) (1990). Essays on sport history and sport mythology. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University.
  • Levine, P. (1989). American sport: A documentary history. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
  • Lovett, C. (1997). Olympic Marathon: A centennial history of the games' most storied race. Westport, CT: Praeger.
  • Mandell, R.D. (1986). Sport: A cultural history. Irvington, NY: Columbia University.
  • Mangan, J.A., & Park, R.J. (Eds.). (1987). From "fair sex" to feminism: Sport and the socialization of women in the industrial and post-industrial eras. Totowa, NJ: F. Cass.
  • Martens, R. (1978). Joy and sadness in children's sports. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
  • Massengale, J.D., & Swanson, A. (Eds.). (1997). The history of exercise and sport science. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

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  • Metheny, E. (1968). Movement and meaning. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
  • Miller, P.B., & Wiggins, D.K. (2004). Sport and the color line: Black athletes and race relations in Twentieth Century America. London: Routledge.
  • Peterson, R.W. (1997). Pigskin: The early years of pro football. New York, NY: Oxford University.
  • Pieroth, D.H. (1996). Their day in the sun: Women of the 1932 Olympics. Seattle, WA: University of Washington.
  • Plowden, M.W. (1996). Olympic Black women. Gretna, LA: Pelican.
  • Pope, S.W. (1997). Patriotic games: Sporting traditions in the American imaginaton, 1876-1926. New York, NY: Oxford University.
  • Porter, D.L. (2004). Latino and African American athletes today: A biographical dictionary. Westport, CT: Greenwood.
  • Rapoport, R. (Ed.). (1994). A kind of grace: A treasury of sportswriting by women. Berkeley, CA: Zenobia.
  • Ribowski, M. (1996). The power and the darkness: The life of Josh Gibson in the shadows of the game. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster.
  • Riordan, J., & Jones, R. (Eds.). (1999). Sport and physical education in China. New York, NY: E & FN Spon.
  • Robinson, R. (1996). Jackie Robinson: An intimate portrait. New York, NY: Abrams
  • Robinson, S. (1996). Stealing home: An intimate family portrait by the daughter of Jackie Robinson. New York, NY: Harper Collins
  • Rudman, D. (Ed.). (1980). Take it to the hoop. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic.
  • Salter, D.F. (1996). Crashing the old boys' network: The tragedies and triumphs of girls and women in sports. Westport, CT: Praeger.
  • Shields, D. (2004). Body politic: The great American sports machine. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster.
  • Struna, N.L. (1996). People of prowess: Sport, leisure, and labor in early Anglo-America. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois.
  • Tatz, C.M. (1996). Obstacle race: Aborigines in sport. Sydney, NSW, Australia: UNSW Press.
  • Tricard, L.M. (1996). American women's track and field: A history, 1895 through 1980. Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
  • Tygiel, J. (1997). Baseball's great experiment: Jackie Robinson and his legacy. New York, NY: Oxford University.
  • Waddel, T. (1996). Gay Olympian: The life and death of Dr. Tom Waddell. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf.
  • Wushanley, Y. (2004). Playing nice and losing: The struggle for control of Women's Intercollegiate Athletics, 1960-2000. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University.
  • Young, D.C. (1996). The modern Olympics: A struggle for revival. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University.

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