目录

目　录

《欧美体育文化（英文版）》编委会

前　言

Unit 1　Sports in the Ancient Greece and Rome

Text A　Sport culture in ancient Athens and Sparta

Purpose of Sport in Ancient Greece

Olympics in Ancient Greece

Text B　The gladiators of Rome：blood sport in the ancient empire

Unit 2　Sport in Medieval&Pre-modern Era

Text A　Sports in the Medieval Times

History of Medieval Sports

Medieval Sports Enjoyed by Nobles

Medieval Sports Played by Peasants and Ordinary Folks

Medieval Football

Text B　Humanism movement&sport culture

The Concept of Education and Physical Training during the Renaissance

Influence of the Reformation

Unit 3　Emergence of Modern Sport in Europe

Text A　The factors that affect the modern sport

The Age of Enlightenment1

W hat is“modern sport”？

Industrial Revolution and modern sport

Text B　Modern sport and education

Thomas Arnold and Rugby School

Muscular Christianity

Coubertin’s Influence on Education，Sports，and Physical Education

Further discussion on the issue

Unit 4　Rise&Expansion of the Modern Olympics

Text A　The philosophy connotation of modern Olympics

A religion

An Elite

The character of chivalry2

Truce and Periodicity

The adult

Beauty

Text B　The expansion of Olympics：Western culture’s dom ination

The Olympics Are Western

Marginalization

Neglected Sports

Winning in Order to Win

Women and Sports

Unit 5　European Sport in Globalization Era

Text A　A football world：The history and its globalization

A Brief History

The Global Game

Football Takes on Globalization

The Game Gets Larger

Text B　Why are the European and American sportsworlds so different？

Archetypicalmodels of sport

Club versus school structures

Association versus commercial structures

Self-reinforcing

Unit 6　Sport from Colonization1 to Antebellum2

Text A　Sports in colonial era

Native American Pastimes and Sports

Sport in American Colonies

Slaves and Plantation Realities of Play

Text B　The health reform during the early republic period

The Great Awakening1&the place of sport

The Enlightenment&ideas of sport&the body

Health Reform during the antebellum era

Public spaces for health and sport

Unit 7　The Form ing of American Sport in the Gilded Age1

Text A　Baseball v.cricket：the rise of American ideology

Cricket in the United States

Emergence of baseball

American ideology made baseball the national pastime

Comparison of baseball&cricket

Text B　The rise&development of intercollegiate sport

Muscular Christianity in the U.S.

Rise of Intercollegiate Sport

Development of the Intercollegiate Sporting Culture

Unit 8　Sport and Social Change in the Progressive Era

Text A　Sport&americanization of ethnic groups

Social Reformers of the Progressive Era1

Settlement Houses

Ethnic Groups

Text B　Sport&colonialism

Hawaii

China

Japan

Philippines

Caribbean area

Unit 9　Sport as Popular Culture

Text A　Media&the commercialization of sport

Sport&media since 1920s

Television as a Social Element

Media Sport and the Sports-industrial Complex

Text B　Professional sport&labor relations

Growth of Professional Sport

Labor Relations

Unit 10　Major Problem s of Sport and Society

Text A　Sport and civil rightsmovement

Text B　Sport and women’smovement

Republican M otherhood

Women and Physical Activity

Challenging Gender Boundaries

Educational and Sporting Opportunities for Women

Women’s Fight for Inclusion

Sport and Feminism

Title IX

Women’s Professional Teams and Endorsements

Unit 11　New Form s of Sport in 21st Century

Text A　Sociology of alternative sports

Text B　A com parison between esports and traditional Sports

Keys

References