A History of Children's Play
A History of Children's Play

Author: Brian Sutton-Smith

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2016-11-11

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 1512807796

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New Zealand children from 1840 to 1890 were subjected to an unusual combination of agrarian existence and an industrial social philosophy in the newly formed schools. When schools became more universal in the expanding industrial society, a new emphasis on the control of children developed, and from 1920 onward, adult supervision in the form of heavily organized sports and playgrounds encroached more and more on the untrammeled freedom of the rural environment. Returning to his home country of New Zealand, Brian Sutton-Smith documents the relationship between children's play and the actual process of history. Drawing on interviews with hundreds of informants from every province and school district of New Zealand, the author illuminates for the first time the various social, cultural, historical, and psychological context in which children's play occurs. He treats both formal and informal play, as well as the play of both boys and girls.

British Sport - A Bibliography to 2000
British Sport - A Bibliography to 2000

Author: Richard Cox

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-02-04

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 113528749X

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Volume two of a bibliography documenting all that has been written in the English language on the history of sport and physical education in Britain. It lists all secondary source material including reference works, in a classified order to meet the needs of the sports historian.

T.M.C. Asser (1838-1913) (2 vols.)
T.M.C. Asser (1838-1913) (2 vols.)

Author: Arthur Eyffinger

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2019-06-03

Total Pages: 2003

ISBN-13: 9004397973

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This publication presents a comprehensive review of the life and intellectual legacy of the Dutch Nobel Peace laureate and father of the Hague tradition of international law. It is the first research study based on a wealth of recently disclosed private and family files, and deepens and modifies all earlier evaluations. It enlarges on Asser’s achievements as legal practitioner, university don, pioneer of private international law, diplomat and arbitrator, and State Councillor. It discusses his durable impact as founder of international law bodies and institutions. It likewise highlights the impressive Asser family tradition that exemplifies 19th-century Jewish emancipation in Amsterdam, addresses Asser’s youth and student years, his role as family man and the impact of personal drama on his career. Detailed Table of Contents. Layout of the Book.