Sports in World History
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Product details
- ISBN 9780415318129
- Weight: 250g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 02 Sep 2004
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This lively and clear survey provides a wide-ranging overview of the history of modern sports, covering such topics as:
- why human beings are athletes
- how the major modern sports came about and how they spread throughout the world with the help of enthusiastic individuals, sports organizations, the YMCA and the Olympic movement
- discussions of some of the most popular of the 300 modern world sports including: soccer, basketball, baseball, cricket, table tennis, tennis, Formula One racing, golf, swimming, skiing, volleyball, track and field, boxing, judo and cycling
- the history of both western and non-western sports in depth, as well as the increasing globalization of sports today
- the challenges facing the world of sports today, such as commercialization and the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
Sports historians and cultural studies students will all find this book gives a fascinating and invaluable insight into the world of sport through history.
