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  • Sports History

  • Sports history is no longer a marginal academic subject. It has now been recognised that sport is a significant cultural activity that matters to millions of people and ought to be studied by academic researchers. Correctly practised, sports history is a counter to nostalgia, myth and invented tradition. It can be considered the sports memory of a nation: without sports history there is sporting amnesia. The respected editors of this reference collection have brought together the best and most challenging work in the field for the first time. Covering a wide range of sports, regions, debates, approaches and eras, Sports History is a truly comprehensive collection, divided across four themed volumes: Volume One: An Unfinished Journey Volume Two: More Than a Game Volume Three: A Force for Good? Volume Four: Flexible Boundaries
  • ISBN-13: 9781473919433 (Mixed media product)
  • Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS
    Imprint: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
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    AUD $1881.00
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  • Local release date: 27/10/2016
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  • Categories: Sociology: sport & leisure [JHBS]History of sport [WSBX]
9780252066542 Academic Inspection Copy
  • Making the American Team

  • Sport, Culture, and the Olympic Experience
  • One day in front of the television would convince any alien that the entirety of American culture is built around sports. Politics and business are abustle with sports metaphors and endorsements by athletes. ''Home runs,'' ''bottom of the ninth,'' ''fourth and ten,'' ''slam dunk,'' and similar phrases litter the daily vocabulary. No matter how ......
  • ISBN-13: 9780252066542 (Paperback)
  • Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
    Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
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    AUD $71.99
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  • Local release date: 16/03/1997
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  • Categories: Sport & leisure industries [KNSP]
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