A guide to the history of physical education

by Fred Eugene Leonard

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Contents

1. Preface
2. Editor’s Preface
3. Chapter I. The Greeks
4. Chapter II. The Romans
5. Chapter III. The Teutonic Invaders of the Roman Empire
6. Chapter IV. Asceticism in the Early Christian Church
7. Chapter V. Monastery and Cathedral Schools
8. Chapter VI. Chivalry
9. Chapter VII. The Universities of the Middle Ages
10. Chapter VIII. The Period of the Renaissance and the Reformation
11. Chapter IX. Locke and Rousseau
12. Chapter X. The Beginnings of Modern Physical Education in Germany
13. Chapter XI. Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, and Popular Gymnastics in Germany
14. Chapter XII. Adolf Spiess, the Father of German School Gymnastics
15. Chapter XIII. Physical Training in the Prussian Schools
16. Chapter XIV. The Playground Movement in Germany
17. Chapter XV. Per Henrik Ling, Father of Physical Education in Sweden
18. Chapter XVI. Ling’s Successors at the Central Institute in Stockholm
19. Chapter XVII. Physical Education in the Schools of Sweden
20. Chapter XVIII. Physical Education in Denmark.⁠
21. Chapter XIX. Great Britain
22. Chapter XX. International Gatherings
23. Chapter XXI. The First Introduction of the Jahn Gymnastics Into America
24. Chapter XXII. The “New Gymnastics” of Dio Lewis
25. Chapter XXIII. Physical Education in American Colleges and Universities
26. Chapter XXIV. German-American Gymnastic Societies and the North American Turnerbund
27. Chapter XXV. Physical Training in the Young Men’s Christian Associations
28. Chapter XXVI. Swedish School Gymnastics in the United States
29. Chapter XXVII. The Playground Movement in America. Statewide Physical Education
30. Chapter XXVIII. The Training of Teachers

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