02755nam 2200577Ia 450 991081652490332120240409222642.01-134-36851-81-280-05189-20-203-69701-40-415-31812-21-283-83749-81-134-36852-6(CKB)2550000000708979(MiAaPQ)EBC199331(NjHacI)992550000000708979(MiAaPQ)EBC5292566(Au-PeEL)EBL199331(CaPaEBR)ebr10094254(CaONFJC)MIL414999(OCoLC)56675894(EXLCZ)99255000000070897920040218d2004 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSports in world history /David G. McComb1st ed.New York Routledge20041 online resource (121 pages)Themes in world history0-415-31811-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover -- Title -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The athletic imperative and the reasons for sport -- 3 The emergence of modern sports -- 4 The globalization of sport -- 5 The significance of global sports -- Index.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.Themes in world history.SportsHistoryWorld historySportsHistory.World history.796.09McComb David G861654MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816524903321Sports in world history4032061UNINA04728nam 2200661 a 450 991080705720332120240409224832.09956-728-58-69956-728-70-59956-728-46-2(CKB)2550000001047449(EBL)1996907(OCoLC)905997544(SSID)ssj0000938512(PQKBManifestationID)11473752(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000938512(PQKBWorkID)10922258(PQKB)10344517(MiAaPQ)EBC1996907(OCoLC)838101913(MdBmJHUP)muse25920(Au-PeEL)EBL1996907(CaPaEBR)ebr10649603(CaONFJC)MIL499234(PPN)198679491(FR-PaCSA)88827211(FRCYB88827211)88827211(EXLCZ)99255000000104744920241012d2012 u| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrFrom head-loading to the iron horse railway building in colonial Ghana and the origins of tropical development /Komla Tsey1st ed.Mankon, Bamenda Langaa Research & Pub. CIG20131 online resource (258 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-299-67984-6 9956-728-99-3 Includes bibliographical references.""Cover ""; ""Title page ""; ""Copyright page ""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""About the Author""; ""Contents ""; ""List of Tables""; ""List of Maps and Figures""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I ""; ""Chapter 1 - A Slow Beginning, 1879-1895 ""; ""Chapter 2 - The Development of the Western Line, 1895-1912 ""; ""Governor Maxwell and the Malayan Paradigm of Tropical Development""; ""Construction of the Sekondi - Tarkwa Line""; ""The Tarkwa - Kumasi Extension ""; ""The Kumasi Railway and Ashanti Politics ""; ""The Mining Companies and Construction of Branch Lines """"Policy Implications of the Western Line """"Chapter 3 - The Eastern Line and the Development of Lighterage Ports, 1904-1918 ""; ""Sir John Rodger and the Rearticulation of the Tropical Malayan Paradigm""; ""The Construction of the Accra - Mangoase Line ""; ""The mount Ejuamena Bauxite Deposits and the proposed Tafo-Kumasi Extensions ""; ""The Development of Lighterage Ports""; ""The Eastern Line and Port Developments in Context""; ""Chapter 4 - Post-War Expansion - The Ten-Year Development Plan 1920-1930 ""; ""Post-War Reconstruction in Britain and the Notion of �ColonialDevelopment' """"Governor Guggisberg: The Ten-Year Development Plan and Takoradi Harbour""""Railways and Roads""; ""Part II ""; ""Chapter 5 - The Recruitment of COnstruction Workers and Colonial Labour Policy ""; ""Recruitment for the Sekondi-Kumasi Line, 1898-1903 ""; ""Recruitment for Railways and Lighterage ports, 1905-1918 ""; ""The Post-War Labour Problems""; ""Chapter 6 - The Acquisition of Railway and Harbour Land and Colonial Land Policy ""; ""General Problems of Land Acquisition in Railway Construction""; ""The Gold Coast Land Act 1876 and the Railways""""The 1876 Land Act and Commercial Developments""""The Problems of Land Acquisition at Takoradi""; ""Total Land Owned by the Railway and Harbours""; ""Chapter 7 - Railway investment and Colonial Financial Policy ""; ""Chapter 8 - The Management System, Personnel and Labour Relations ""; ""Labour: Managerial, Technical and Unskilled""; ""Workers� Grievances and Labour Relations""; ""Chapter 9 - Operational Problems and Issues ""; ""Safety and Maintenance""; ""Tariff Policy""; ""Administrative Actions""; ""Efficiency""; ""Profitability""; ""Part III """"Chapter 10 - The Economic and Social Impact of the Railways """"The Scale of Railway Innovation""; ""Backward Linkages: A Stimulus for the Gold Coast Economy or Markets for the Metropolitan Industries?""; ""Forward Linkages: Production for Domestic Needs or Extraction of Raw Materials for Metropolitan Industries?""; ""Chapter 11 - Railways: Commerce and Crafts, Urbanisation and Public Health ""; ""Commerce and Crafts""; ""Urbanisation and Public Health""; ""Chapter 12 - Railways and Economic Development: The Gold Coast Experience in the Global Context """"An advanced Industrial Economy (Britain) ""RailroadsGhanaRailroadsTsey Komla476976MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807057203321From head-loading to the iron horse4044713UNINA