The YMCA in Central European countries as one of the ways of Americanising Central Europe after the First World War (Base of information and methodological approaches to researching the issue)

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The YMCA in Central European countries as one of the ways of Americanising Central Europe after the First World War (Base of information and methodological approaches to researching the issue)

Original language description

The YMCA is essentially an organisation uniting people of Christian faith. The basis of its work was the so-called "Four-way program", which included religious (spiritual), educational and physical education activities. This organisation was establishedin London in 1844, having been formed by sales clerk George Williams. The YMCA began to spread rapidly throughout Great Britain. From here it spread to France and subsequently to Holland and Germany. It particularly flourished in the United States of America and came to Czechoslovakia from there after the First World War. Here, the YMCA began to establish military and later student residences. It played an important role in developing basketball, volleyball and other sports. It significantly contributedto the rise of permanent summer camps. It also brought a new view of the world, emerging from American Protestantism. The basic method we have decided to use is the comparative method. Using this classic method of historical research, it

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AB - History

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2013

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Acta Universitatis Carolinae. Kinanthropologica

ISSN

1212-1428

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Volume of the periodical

49

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

65-79

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