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Selected as an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice Magazine, January 2010 The Encyclopedia of Play: A Social History explores the concept of play in history and modern society in the United States and internationally Its scope encompasses leisure and recreation activities of children as well as adults throughout the ages, from dice games in the Roman empire tvidegames today As an academic social history, it includes the perspectives of several curricular disciplines, from sociology tchild psychology, from lifestyle history tsocial epidemiology This two-volume set will serve as a general, non-technical resource for students in education and human development, health and sports psychology, leisure and recreation studies and kinesiology, history, and other social sciences tunderstand the importance of play as it has developed globally throughout history and tappreciate the affects of play on child and adult development, particularly on health, creativity, and imagination
