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Peer reviewedGood, Jane E.; Klein, Karl M. – Physician and Sportsmedicine, 1989
To compensate for differences between men and women, modifications were made in the physical training program at the U.S. Naval Academy. It was soon discovered that athletic women were more successful than nonathletes because they possess the stamina, strength, and self-discipline to survive the tough, uncompromising physical environment. (SM)
Descriptors: Athletes, Females, Military Personnel, Military Training
Direct linkJames, Carl E. – Canadian Scholars' Press Inc, 2005
Dr. Carl E. James is well known for his work in the area of the Sociology of Sport. Race in Play is on the continuum of his earlier research in the sociology of sport, and youth, race, and education. James takes the reader on an edifying walk through the structural, institutional community which supports and sustains sports, at the same time…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Minority Groups, Womens Athletics, Sociology
