Research Guides: Sports & Recreation Professions: Books

Sport & Recreation Professions Reference

Sports and Games of the Ancients by Steve Craig
Call Number: REF GV15 .C73 2002
ISBN: 0313316007
Publication Date: 2002
Sports and Games Through History series includes titles: Sports and Games of the Renaissance, Sports and Games of the 18th and 19th Centuries
Sports and Games of Medieval Cultures by Sally Wilkins
Call Number: REF GV15 .W55 2002
ISBN: 9780313360794
Publication Date: 2002-04-30
Sports and Games of the Renaissance by Andrew Leibs
Call Number: REF GV15 .L43 2004
ISBN: 9780313327728
Publication Date: 2004-10-30
Sports and Games of the 18th and 19th Centuries by Robert Crego
Call Number: REF GV15 .C74 2003
ISBN: 9780313316104
Publication Date: 2003-01-30
Encyclopedia of Sports and Athletics by Jack L. Murray; Emily O. Watson
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9781612099590
Publication Date: 2011
Sports: The First Five Millennia by Allen Guttmann
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9781558494701
Publication Date: 2004
From ancient Egyptian archery and medieval Japanese football to contemporary American baseball, sports have been shaped by - and in turn have helped shape - the culture of which it is part. This work traces this evolution across continents, cultures, and historical epochs to construct a single comprehensive narrative of the world's sports.
Encyclopedia of Sports in America by Murry R. Nelson (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780313347917
Publication Date: 2008
The Ethics of Coaching Sports by Robert L. Simon (Editor)
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9780813346083
Publication Date: 2013
Essays examine issues raised by the role of coaching, the ethics of competition, coaching youth sports, and coaching relating to the law.

Browsing books at VWU

Sport & Recreation Professions books are in the GV and SB sections of the library on the second floor.

GV - Recreation. Leisure

GV557 - GV1199 - Sports

SB481- 486 - Parks and Public Reservations [including theory, management and history]