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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807797003321

Titolo

Routledge companion to sports history / / edited by Steven W. Pope and John R. Nauright

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-78034-753-7

1-135-97812-3

1-135-97813-1

1-282-97526-9

9786612975264

0-203-88541-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (672 p.)

Collana

Routledge International Handbooks

Altri autori (Persone)

NaurightJohn <1962->

PopeS. W. <1962->

Disciplina

796

Soggetti

Sports - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Part I Theory, methods and key themes in sports history; Introduction; 1 Theory; 2 Sources; 3 The city; 4 Borderlands; 5 Marxism; 6 Sociology; 7 Origins; 8 Gender; 9 Race; 10 Body culture; 11 Science and technology; 12 Entrepreneurship; 13 Religion; 14 Imperialism; 15 International relations; 16 Nationalism; 17 Alternative sports; Part II Sports history around the world; 18 Africa (sub-Saharan); 19 Australia; 20 Belgium and the Netherlands; 21 Canada; 22 The Caribbean; 23 Central and Eastern Europe; 24 China

25 France26 Germany; 27 Great Britain; 28 Ireland; 29 Japan; 30 Mexico and Central America; 31 The Middle East and North Africa; 32 New Zealand (Aotearoa); 33 Nordic countries; 34 Russia/The Soviet Union; 35 South America; 36 South Asia; 37 South-East Asia; 38 The United States of America; Select Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The field of sports history is no longer a fledgling area of study. There is a great vitality in the field and it has matured dramatically over the past decade. Reflecting changes to traditional approaches, sport



historians need now to engage with contemporary debates about history, to be encouraged to position themselves and their methodologies in relation to current epistemological issues, and to promote the importance of reflecting on the literary or poetic dimensions of producing history. These contemporary developments, along with a wealth of international research from a range of theo