Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-262 and index.
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Editor's Foreword; Introduction; Locating a 'Sense of Place': Space, Place and Gender in the Gymnasium; Sensing the Stadium; Educative Pools: Water, School and Space in Twentieth-Century France; Freezing Social Relations: Ice, Rinks, and the Development of Figure Skating; Just Another Classroom? Observations of Primary School Playgrounds; Putting Bodies on the Line: Marching Spaces in Cold War Culture; Homebush: Site of the Clean/sed and Natural Australian Athlete.
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This collection uses spatial concepts and examples to examine the nature and development of sporting practices. It shows how the study of built environments such as gymnasiums and football stadiums can provide unique information about the body's.