5. A Renaissance for Women's Sports?

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Acknowledgments and Credits IX
4. Introduction 1
5. PART I. A History of Women's Sports
6. 1. From the Egyptians to the Etruscans 7
7. 2. Spartan Girls and Other Runners 17
8. 3. Matrons and Gladiators 33
9. 4. The Lady Hunts a Stag 41
10. 5. A Renaissance for Women's Sports? 53
11. 6. Cricketeers on the Green and Viragos in the Ring 67
12. 7. The Victorian Age: Debility and Strength 85
13. 8. The Victorian Age: From Swedish Drill to Field Hockey 106
14. 9. Play Days and Muscle Molls 135
15. 10. The Europeans Take the Lead 154
16. 11. Women's Sports and Totalitarian Regimes 172
17. 12. Evolutionary Change 189
18. PART II. The Present State of Women's Sports 207
19. 13. Revolutionary Change 209
20. 14. Three Contemporary Controversies 251
21. Notes 267
22. Bibliographical Note 317
23. Index 323