Project Gutenberg 2006-11-18 Public domain in the USA. 171 Meillac, Camille Les sports à la mode Reading ease score: 64.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Zoran Stefanovic, Bréville Christian and the Online Distributed Proofreaders Europe at http://dp.rastko.net. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) "Les sports à la mode" by Camille Meillac is a comprehensive exploration of sports written in the late 19th century. The work delves into various athletic activities, discussing their history, development, and overall significance in society. It reflects the rising interest in physical fitness and leisure during this period, particularly focusing on popular games and sports in France and their roots in antiquity. The opening of the book begins with a definition of sports, emphasizing their role as physical exercises that also cultivate moral qualities through enjoyment. It traces the history of sports from ancient times, starting with humans engaging in combat training and evolving to formalized athletic competitions in Greece and Rome. The narrative recounts the evolution of sports across different cultures, highlighting notable games and their cultural significance, leading into a discussion of sports in contemporary France, where traditional activities have given way to a more structured and rational approach to modern sports. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Sports GV Text FR Sports et loisirs Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Sports/Hobbies/Motoring Browsing: Travel & Geography 128862 128591 2024-10-08T15:20:35.142096 2023-09-09T05:59:38.641421 text/html text/html 128855 128584 2024-10-08T15:20:35.369085 2023-09-09T05:59:38.768445 text/html text/html 113934 2024-10-08T15:20:39.798576 application/epub+zip 114526 2024-10-08T15:20:37.080604 application/epub+zip 114527 2024-10-08T15:20:35.965092 application/epub+zip 215139 2024-10-08T15:20:41.880564 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 202614 2024-10-08T15:20:39.156605 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 177592 2022-09-09T11:37:01.237521 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 115518 115298 2024-10-08T15:20:34.891120 2023-09-09T05:59:38.482402 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 113058 2006-11-18T15:19:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 44518 2006-11-18T15:19:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18737 2024-10-08T15:20:42.004529 application/rdf+xml 12121 2024-10-08T15:20:36.514571 image/jpeg 3350 2024-10-08T15:20:36.234594 image/jpeg 111813 2024-10-08T15:20:35.382099 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog