Sport In History

An Introduction

Emeritus Professor Jeffrey Hill (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

196 Seiten

2010
Red Globe Press (Verlag)
978-1-4039-8790-7 (ISBN)

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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 modernization, globalization, identity, gender and the media.

JEFFREY HILL is Emeritus Professor of Historical and Cultural Studies at De Montfort University, UK, where he was previously Director of the International Centre for Sport, History and Culture. He is the author of Sport, Leisure and Culture in Twentieth Century Britain (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002) and Sport and the Literary Imagination (Peter Lang, 2006).

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	22.11.2010
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	426 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4039-8790-4 / 1403987904
ISBN-13	978-1-4039-8790-7 / 9781403987907
Zustand	Neuware