Sport in history
Subtitle: an introduction
By: Jeffrey Hill
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 163
ISBN-13: 9781403987914
Subjects: HISTORY / Social History; Sports; HISTORY / Modern / General; HISTORY / General; History
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Preface; title: Acknowledgements; title: List of Illustrations; title: Sport Matters; title: The Transition to Modern Sport; title: Sport and Identity; title: Sport and Gender; title: Mediating Sport; title: Sport in a Globalized World; title: Conclusion; title: Select Bibliography.