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The Cybernetics of Kenyan Running : hurry, hurry has no blessing / Randy E. Mayes.

Title
  1. The Cybernetics of Kenyan Running : hurry, hurry has no blessing / Randy E. Mayes.
Published by
  1. Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, c2005.
Author
  1. Mayes, Randall E. (Randall Elam)

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Description
  1. xviii, 248 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  1. National characteristics, Kenyan
  2. Runners (Sports) > Kenya
  3. Running > Social aspects > Kenya
Contents
  1. Time: historical considerations -- Place: environmental factors and adaptations -- Physiological models and limitations to endurance -- Lactate -- Sociological forces -- Running in a 40 mph headwind -- Kenyan cultures -- Belief and knowledge systems -- Inside the mind of the highly evolved runner -- Psychological anthropology -- The cybernetics of Kenyan running -- Cultural evolution and behavioral expression -- Third order cybernetics.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-246) and index.
Processing action (note)
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