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Sport in history : an introduction / Jeffrey Hill.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011Description: xi, 163 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1403987904
  • 9781403987907
  • 1403987912
  • 9781403987914
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 796 22
LOC classification:
  • GV571 .H55 2011
Contents:
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- Sport Matters -- The Transition to Modern Sport -- Sport and Identity -- Sport and Gender -- Mediating Sport -- Sport in a Globalized World -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography.
Summary: "This wide-ranging analysis of the key themes and developments in sports history provides an accessible introduction to the topic. The book examines sports history on a global scale, exploring the relationship between sports history and topics such as modernisation, globalisation, identity, gender and the media"-- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 796 HIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A500374B
Book South Campus South Campus Main Collection 796 HIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A500484B

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- Sport Matters -- The Transition to Modern Sport -- Sport and Identity -- Sport and Gender -- Mediating Sport -- Sport in a Globalized World -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography.

"This wide-ranging analysis of the key themes and developments in sports history provides an accessible introduction to the topic. The book examines sports history on a global scale, exploring the relationship between sports history and topics such as modernisation, globalisation, identity, gender and the media"-- Provided by publisher.

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