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Sports in Zion : Mormon recreation, 1890-1940 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kimball, Richard Ian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2003]
Subjects:
Mormons > Social life and customs.
Recreation > Utah > History.
Mormons > Recreation > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • "Not playing without a purpose" : the construction of a Mormon recreation ideology
  • "A strong arm to the church" : recreation building boom
  • "For the uplifting and the betterment of the youth of Israel" : athletics, socialization, and the "selling of the word of wisdom"
  • "A means of preserving the memory of the Mormon pioneers" : LDS recreation in the great outdoors
  • "To make the most of leisure" : recreation responds in a depression decade.