Games People Played : : A Global History of Sport.
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| Place / Publishing House: | London : : Reaktion Books, Limited,, 2021. Ã2023. |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (455 pages) |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Games People Played : |b A Global History of Sport. |
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| 264 | 1 | |a London : |b Reaktion Books, Limited, |c 2021. | |
| 264 | 4 | |c Ã2023. | |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction: Pre-match Instructions -- Part One: Sports History: Firing Both Barrels -- 1. Know the Score: Understanding Sports History -- 2. Walk the Walk: Practising Sports History -- Part Two: Sport Through the Ages -- 3. Sport before the Industrial Age -- 4. The Industrial Age (and Slightly Beyond) -- 5. The Past Century or So -- Part Three: Sports -- 6. Fighting Talk: Combat Sports -- 7. The Killing Fields: Hunting, Shooting and Fishing -- 8. Horses for Courses: Equestrian Sports -- 9. Taking Speed: From Foot Power to Wheel Power -- 10. Out Clubbing: Bat and Ball Sports -- 11. Moving the Goalposts: The Football Codes -- 12. . . . Nor Any Drop to Drink: Water Sports -- 13. Slipping and Sliding: Winter Sports -- 14. Across the Pond: American Sports -- Part Four: Sporting Life: Social and Cultural Aspects -- 15. Pushing the Mind and Body: Emotion, Pain and Violence -- 16. Open and Closed Doors: Discrimination in Sport -- 17. Playing Together: Sports Clubs and Associativity -- Part Five: Mixing Oil and Water: Sport, Politics and Power -- 18. Political Football: Nationalism, Propaganda and Protest -- 19. Human Rights (and Wrongs) -- 20. Running or Ruining the Game: Rules and Rule-makers -- Part Six: Show us the Money: The Business of Sport -- 21. Selling the Game: Sports Entrepreneurs and the Products They Marketed -- 22. Citius, Altius, Fortius et Multo Maiores: Mega Events -- 23. Playing for Pay: The Professional Athlete -- Part Seven: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: The Public Image of Sport -- 25. How Green Was my Volley: Sport and the Environment -- 26. Selling Out the Game: Match-fixing and Drug-taking -- Stoppage Time -- Recommended Reading -- Acknowledgements -- Photo Acknowledgements -- Index. | |
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| 590 | |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. | ||
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