ABSTRACT

Written by a number of expert scholars from around the world, including China itself, with the aim of extending knowledge and taking the cross-cultural study of PE and sport beyond the descriptive level, this book provides unique and up to date material.
Subjects covered include:
*ancient and modern history
*structure, administration and finance
*PE in schools and colleges
*elite sport
*sport science and medicine
*gender issues.
Anyone wishing to gain an insight into the PE and sporting experience of Chinese citizens both in historical and contemporary society will find this book essential reading. It is an indispensable resource for students taking comparative sport studies courses, sports historians, and academics with a general interest in the cross-cultural field.

chapter 1|14 pages

Sport in China

chapter |5 pages

CONCLUDING REMARKS

chapter 2|18 pages

Recreation and sport in Ancient China: Primitive society to AD 960 MIKE SPEAK

Primitive society to AD 960

chapter |6 pages

Physical activity in the military

chapter |2 pages

Military influences

chapter |21 pages

Sport forms and growing sophistication

chapter 4|14 pages

China in the modern world: 1840–1949 MIKE SPEAK

Mike Speak

chapter |2 pages

CONCLUDING REMARKS

chapter 2|4 pages

Sport for all

chapter 6|12 pages

Elite sport

chapter |10 pages

The provincial team

chapter 7|12 pages

Professional training

chapter 8|26 pages

Chinese women and sport

chapter 9|17 pages

The emergence of professional sport

The case of soccer

chapter 10|12 pages

China and the Olympic movement

chapter 11|17 pages

Sports science

chapter 12|6 pages

Sports medicine

chapter |6 pages

PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION

chapter 13|6 pages

Mass fitness

chapter |5 pages

CHINA’S ‘FITNESS FOR ALL’ PROJECT

chapter |1 pages

REFERENCES

chapter |15 pages

Appendix Shirley Reekie

Administration of sport