1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465027403321

Autore

Schultz Jaime

Titolo

Qualifying times : points of change in U.S. women's sport / / Jaime Schultz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, Illinois : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-252-09596-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Collana

Sport and society

Disciplina

796.082

Soggetti

Sports for women - United States - History

Sports for women - Social aspects - United States

Women athletes - United States - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""1. What Shall We Wear for Tennis?""; ""2. Commercial Tampons and the Sportswoman, 1936�52""; ""3. Rules, Rulers, and the ""Right Kind"" of Competition""; ""4. Women's Sport and Questionable Sex""; ""5. From ""Women in Sports"" to the ""New Ideal of Beauty""""; ""6. A Cultural History of the Sports Bra""; ""7. Something to Cheer About?""; ""Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

This perceptive, lively study explores US women's sport through historical 'points of change': particular products or trends that dramatically influenced both women's participation in sport and cultural responses to women athletes. Beginning with the seemingly innocent ponytail, the subject of the introduction, scholar Jaime Schultz challenges the reader to look at the historical and sociological significance of now-common items such as sports bras and tampons and ideas such as sex testing and competitive cheerleading.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910813062603321

Autore

Axworthy Lloyd

Titolo

Liberals at the border : we stand on guard for whom? / / Lloyd Axworthy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2004

©2004

ISBN

1-281-99623-8

9786611996239

1-4426-7665-5

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (62 p.)

Collana

Senator Keith Davey Lectures

Disciplina

971.0648

Soggetti

Liberalism - Canada

Electronic books.

Canada Foreign relations 1945-

Canada Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reprint of the lecture delivered in March 2002 at Victoria University.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""OPENING REMARKS""; ""Introduction: MADAM JUSTICE ROSALIE SILBERMAN ABELLA""; ""THE SIXTH ANNUAL SENATOR KEITH DAVEY LECTURE""; ""Liberals at the Border: We Stand on Guard for Whom? THE HONOURABLE LLOYD AXWORTHY""; ""BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES""; ""The Honourable Lloyd Axworthy""; ""SENATOR KEITH DAVEY""; ""The Senator Keith Davey Lectures""

Sommario/riassunto

"In this wide-ranging lecture, Axworthy reflects on liberal values, Canadian politics, and the rise of U.S.-Canadian border issues since the terrorist attack on the United States in September 2001. He addresses many troubling issues, including the conflict in Afghanistan where Canadian soldiers potentially contravened Canada's international treaties handing over prisoners to the United States. He also discusses Canadian territorial sovereignty in the context of U.S. 'homeland security' as well as international inaction on conflicts in Africa that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people."--Jacket.