Sports around the world
Subtitle: history, culture, and practice
By: John Nauright, Charles Parrish
Contributors: Parrish, Charles
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif.
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1848
ISBN-13: 9781598843002; 9781598843019
Subjects: Social aspects; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture; Cross-cultural studies; SPORTS & RECREATION / Reference; Sports
Description: "This multivolume set is much more than a collection of essays on sports and sporting cultures from around the world: it also details how and why sports are played wherever they exist, and examines key charismatic athletes from around the world who have transcended their sports"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. General topics, Africa, Asia, Middle East, and Oceania; title: v. 2. British Isles and Europe; title: v. 3. Latin America and North America; title: v. 4. Olympic medalists and winners and champions of major world sporting events