REC 265 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Theodore Roosevelt, Ellen Gates Starr, Garrett Hardin
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This is in chapter 10 of the textbook. As societies become more industrialized they become more reliant on leisure as a tool for solving social problems. Back when football started the kicker scored all the points which makes the name football make sense. Things that make up america"s leisure history from other cultures: road trips, football, boy scouts, playgrounds. Sports can lead to social change: america started baseball and first to integrate races to play, ex: jackie robinson. Social movements served as major impetus in systematizing leisure. Social movement- significant effort for social change: ex: women rights, types of social movements, changes in the number and variety of social roles in a society. Ex: women in 60s could only be teachers or nurses after college: changes in obligations or duties attached to roles. Ex: man goes to work, women stay home and takes care of house and children: new ways of organizing societal activities, redistribution of power and rewards.
