Serious Sport : J. A. Mangan's Contribution to the History of Sport 9780203498767, 9780714655697

Trial-blazer and mentor, Professor J.A. Mangan is a distinguished scholar in the fields of sports history whose work has

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Serious Sport : J. A. Mangan's Contribution to the History of Sport
9780203498767, 9780714655697

Studies the cultural history of sport in the lives of all people from before the Greeks to the late 1900's. Looks a

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This book provides an historical overview of the formation of sports media in Latin America and its role in the construc

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A Cultural History of Sport in the Renaissance covers the period 1450 to 1650. Outwardly, Renaissance sports resembled t

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A cultural history of sport in the Renaissance covers the period 1450 to 1650. Outwardly, Renaissance sports resembled t

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Ronojoy Sen pairs a novel history of India's engagement with sport and a probing analysis of its cultural and polit

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'Compendious . . . The book does have an underlying mission, which is to argue for sport to be taken seriously as a

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A Cultural History of Sport in Antiquity covers the period 800 BCE to 600 CE. From the founding of the Olympics and Rome

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From gladiatorial combat to knightly tournaments and from hunting to games and gambling, sport has been central to human

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The Victor's Crown brings to vivid life the signal role of sport in the classical world. Ranging over a dozen centu

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The Italian love affair with sport is passionate, voracious, all-consuming. It provides a backdrop and a narrative to al

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