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Games people played : a global history of sport / / Wray Vamplew
| Games people played : a global history of sport / / Wray Vamplew |
| Autore | Vamplew Wray |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Reaktion Books, Limited, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (454 pages) : illustrations |
| Soggetto topico | Sports - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | History |
| ISBN |
9781789144567 (ebook)
1-78914-456-6 1789144574 9781789144574 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Pre-match instructions -- Part 1. Sports history : firing both barrels. Know the score : understanding sports history ; Walk the walk : practicing sports history -- Part 2. Sport through the ages. Sport before the Industrial Age ; The Industrial Age (and slightly beyond) ; The past century or so -- Part 3. Sports. Fighting talk : combat sports ; The killing fields : hunting, shooting, and fishing ; Horses for courses : equestrian sports ; Talking speed : from foot power to wheel power ; Out clubbing : bat and ball sports ; Moving the goalposts : the football codes ; ... Nor any drop of drink : water sports ; Slipping and sliding : winter sports ; Across the pond : American sports -- Part 4. Sporting life : social and cultural aspects. Pushing the mind and body : emotion, pain and violence ; Open and closed doors : discrimination in sport ; Playing together : sports clubs and associativity -- Part 5. Mixing oil and water : sports, politics and power. Political football : nationalism, propaganda and protest ; Human rights (and wrongs) ; Running or ruining the game : rules and rule-makers -- Part 6. Show us the money : the business of sport. Selling the game : sports entrepreneurs and the products they marketed ; Citius, Altius, Fortius et Multo Maiores : mega events ; Playing for pay : the professional athlete -- Part 7. The good, the bad and the ugly : the public image of sport. Charity begins at home ... and away ; How green was my volley : sport and the environment ; Selling out the game : match-fixing and drug-taking -- Stoppage time. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Global history of sport |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794522803321 |
Vamplew Wray
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| London : , : Reaktion Books, Limited, , 2021 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Games people played : a global history of sport / / Wray Vamplew
| Games people played : a global history of sport / / Wray Vamplew |
| Autore | Vamplew Wray |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Reaktion Books, Limited, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (454 pages) : illustrations |
| Soggetto topico | Sports - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | History |
| ISBN |
9781789144567 (ebook)
1-78914-456-6 1789144574 9781789144574 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Pre-match instructions -- Part 1. Sports history : firing both barrels. Know the score : understanding sports history ; Walk the walk : practicing sports history -- Part 2. Sport through the ages. Sport before the Industrial Age ; The Industrial Age (and slightly beyond) ; The past century or so -- Part 3. Sports. Fighting talk : combat sports ; The killing fields : hunting, shooting, and fishing ; Horses for courses : equestrian sports ; Talking speed : from foot power to wheel power ; Out clubbing : bat and ball sports ; Moving the goalposts : the football codes ; ... Nor any drop of drink : water sports ; Slipping and sliding : winter sports ; Across the pond : American sports -- Part 4. Sporting life : social and cultural aspects. Pushing the mind and body : emotion, pain and violence ; Open and closed doors : discrimination in sport ; Playing together : sports clubs and associativity -- Part 5. Mixing oil and water : sports, politics and power. Political football : nationalism, propaganda and protest ; Human rights (and wrongs) ; Running or ruining the game : rules and rule-makers -- Part 6. Show us the money : the business of sport. Selling the game : sports entrepreneurs and the products they marketed ; Citius, Altius, Fortius et Multo Maiores : mega events ; Playing for pay : the professional athlete -- Part 7. The good, the bad and the ugly : the public image of sport. Charity begins at home ... and away ; How green was my volley : sport and the environment ; Selling out the game : match-fixing and drug-taking -- Stoppage time. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Global history of sport |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825233703321 |
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Vamplew Wray
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| London : , : Reaktion Books, Limited, , 2021 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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