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People of Prowess
Nancy L. Struna
其他書名
Sport, Leisure, and Labor in Early Anglo-America
出版University of Illinois Press, 1996
主題History / United States / GeneralHistory / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)Social Science / GeneralSports & Recreation / GeneralSports & Recreation / HistorySports & Recreation / Cultural & Social Aspects
ISBN02520655229780252065521
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=V00B_H7mRkYC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Prowess--extraordinary skill and ability, especially in sports--has always been important to Americans, even in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Nancy L. Struna explores the significance, meaning, and structure of competitive matches and displays of physical prowess for both men and women in colonial culture. Engrossingly written for the general reader as well as sport and leisure historians, People of Prowess is a pioneering work that explores a rarely examined
area of colonial history and society.