People of prowess : sport, leisure, and labor in early Anglo-America / Nancy L. Struna.

Author/creator Struna, Nancy L., 1950-
Format Book
Publication InfoUrbana : University of Illinois Press, ©1996.
Descriptionx, 271 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Sports--United States. --History. --17th century.
Sports--United States. --History. --18th century.
Sports--Social aspects. --United States. --History. --17th century.
Sports--Social aspects. --United States. --History. --18th century.
Leisure--Social aspects. --United States. --History. --17th century.
Leisure--Social aspects. --United States. --History. --18th century.
United States--History. --Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

SeriesSport and society
Sport and society. ^A238476
Contents Sport in the old world -- A grand scheme -- Change and persistence in colonial sporting life, 1620s-1670s -- Sports and colonial popular culture, 1680s-1730s -- Sport and rank making in the Chesapeake -- Mid-eighteenth-century sporting styles -- Taverns and sports -- Upper- and middle-rank "leisure" and sports -- Epilogue : people of prowess.
Local noteLittle-328194--305131021641R
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 199-258) and index.
LCCN 95050193
ISBN0252022475 (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN0252065522 (pbk. : acid-free paper)