The Oxford handbook of sports history /

Orwell was wrong. Sports are not "war without the shooting," nor are they "war by other means." Although sports have generated animosity throughout human history, they also require rules. Those rules limit violence, even death. Thus sports have been a significant part of a histor...

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Weitere Titel:
Sports history
Class and Sport /
Introduction /
Sport and Social Theory /
Sport and Political Doctrine in a Post-Ideological Age /
Sport History and the Historical Profession /
Ancient Greek and Roman Sport /
Early Modern Sport /
Industrialization and Sport /
Communications and Journalism /
Diffusion and Empire /
The 'Somatic/Linguistic Turn' and Histories of Exercise and Sport /
Cricket: The Indianization of an Imperial Game /
Surfing: A Global Phenomenon /
Sport in China /
South Asian Sport /
Diffusion and Transformation of Western Sports in North Asia /
Sport in Russia and Eastern Europe /
Sport in West and North Europe /
Sport in Latin America /
The Changing Field of Sports History in Australasia /
Contemporary Globalization and Recent Olympic Leadership /
Sport and Urbanization /
WADA and Doping in World Sport /
Gender Matters in Sport History /
Race and Sport /
Sport and national identity /
History of Sport and Religion in the United States and Britain /
The Visual Turn in Sport History /
Sports and Sexuality /
Sport in Africa /
Sport in Southern Europe /
Sport in the Middle East /
Baseball's Global Diffusion /
The Global Spread of Football /
Medieval Sport /
Hauptverfasser:
Edelman, Robert, Wilson, Wayne
Weitere Verfasser:
Edelman, Robert (HerausgeberIn), Wilson, Wayne (HerausgeberIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
Orwell was wrong. Sports are not "war without the shooting," nor are they "war by other means." Although sports have generated animosity throughout human history, they also require rules. Those rules limit violence, even death. Thus sports have been a significant part of a historical "civilizing process." This volume combines the efforts of sports historians with essays by historians whose careers have been devoted to more traditional topics. It shows how sports have evolved from ancient societies to the world today.
Umfang:
1 online resource.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780199858927
0199858926
9780199984749
0199984743
Schlagworte:
Sports > History.
Sports > Social aspects.
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