Sport in history : an introduction / Jeffrey Hill.

  • Hill, Jeff, 1943-
Date:
2011
  • Books

About this work

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"-- Provided by publisher.

Publication/Creation

Houndmills, Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Physical description

xi, 163 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contributors

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

Sport matters -- The transition to modern sport -- Sport and identity -- Sport and gender -- Mediating sport -- Sport in a globalized world.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Subjects

Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    JKJ /HIL
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781403987914
  • 1403987912
  • 9781403987907
  • 1403987904