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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Table of Contents:
- 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.