Encyclopedia Of British Sport

Author : Richard Cox,Wray Vamplew,Grant Jarvie
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2000-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025209557

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Encyclopedia of British Sport by Richard Cox,Wray Vamplew,Grant Jarvie Pdf

"Includes entries on: individual sports, from football to fencing and polo to pigeon racing; the London Marathon, the Grand National, the Isle of Man TT races, the Olympic Games, the F.A. Cup, Test Matches, the Boat Race, Wimbledon, Wembley Stadium and much more; key issues such as fair play, gender, racism, commercialization, professionalism, alcohol and drugs; the sociology, psychology and language of sport; and sport in drama, film, literature and the visual arts."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Richard Cox,Dave Russell,Wray Vamplew
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-24
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781000144147

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Encyclopedia of British Football by Richard Cox,Dave Russell,Wray Vamplew Pdf

This reference work aims to provide sports enthusiasts, journalists, librarians, students and scholars with an authorative source of information on a comprehensive range of subjects covering the history and organization of football in Britain. Over 250 entries focus on key organisations or individuals, famous clubs, major competitions, events, venues and incidents, institutions and organisations as well as key issues such as gender, racism, commercialization, professionalism and drugs, alcohol and football.

Author : Tony Collins,John Martin,Wray Vamplew
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 041535224X

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Encyclopedia of Traditional British Rural Sports by Tony Collins,John Martin,Wray Vamplew Pdf

Providing a social, economic and political study of field sports and those other activities and customs labelled as rural sports, from the earliest of times to the present day in all of the United Kingdom and Ireland. This book brings together several distinct types of traditional rural sports with particular emphasis on the social history and 'traditional' aspects. It contains several hundred entries focusing on individual sports and others providing analysis of key concepts, themes and terminologies. The Encyclopedia of Traditional British Rural Sports is an invaluable reference that provides students, scholars and sports enthusiasts with a focussed and authoritative source of information on the history and culture of rural sport in Britain.

Author : David Levinson,Karen Christensen
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195131956

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Encyclopedia of World Sport by David Levinson,Karen Christensen Pdf

Spanning the wide world of sports, this volume is packed with every conceivable fact that anyone would possibly want to know about nearly 300 sports, including history and practice worldwide.

Author : Richard William Cox,Dave Russell,Wray Vamplew
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0714652490

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Encyclopedia of British Football by Richard William Cox,Dave Russell,Wray Vamplew Pdf

This reference work aims to provide sports enthusiasts, journalists, librarians, students and scholars with an authorative source of information on a comprehensive range of subjects covering the history and organization of football in Britain. Over 250 entries focus on key organisations or individuals, famous clubs, major competitions, events, venues and incidents, institutions and organisations as well as key issues such as gender, racism, commercialization, professionalism and drugs, alcohol and football.

Author : Richard William Cox
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0714652504

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British Sport by Richard William Cox Pdf

Volume three of a bibliography documenting all that has been written in the English language on the history of sport and physical education in Britain. It lists all secondary source material including reference works, in a classified order to meet the needs of the sports historian.

Author : Phil Soar,Martin Tyler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Soccer
ISBN : 0002180499

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Encyclopedia of British Football by Phil Soar,Martin Tyler Pdf

Author : Richard Cox
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781135287214

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British Sport: a Bibliography to 2000 by Richard Cox Pdf

Volume one of a bibliography documenting all that has been written in the English language on the history of sport and physical education in Britain. It lists all secondary source material including reference works, in a classified order to meet the needs of the sports historian.

Author : Richard William Cox
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0714652512

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British Sport: Local histories by Richard William Cox Pdf

Volume three of a bibliography documenting all that has been written in the English language on the history of sport and physical education in Britain. It lists all secondary source material including reference works, in a classified order to meet the needs of the sports historian.

Author : Phil Soar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Soccer
ISBN : 0002182904

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Encyclopedia of British Football by Phil Soar Pdf

Author : Tim Chandler,Wray Vamplew,Mike Cronin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2007-05-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134114566

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Sport and Physical Education: The Key Concepts by Tim Chandler,Wray Vamplew,Mike Cronin Pdf

Entries cover such diverse subjects as coaching, drug testing, hooliganism, cultural imperialism, economics, gay games, amateurism, extreme sports, exercise physiology and Olympism.

Author : Dr Joyce Kay,Professor Wray Vamplew
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781135762667

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Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing by Dr Joyce Kay,Professor Wray Vamplew Pdf

The Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing offers an innovative approach to one of Britain's oldest sports. While it considers the traditional themes of gambling and breeding, and contains biographies of human personalities and equine stars, it also devotes significant space to neglected areas. Entries include: social, economic and political forces that have influenced racing controversial historical and current issues legal and illegal gambling, and racing finance the British impact on world horseracing history and heritage of horseracing links between horse racing and the arts, media and technology human and equine biographies venues associated with racing horseracing websites The Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing provides a unique source of information and will be of great interest to sports historians as well as all those whose work or leisure brings them into the world of racing.

Author : Mary Beth Allen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2005-03-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780313068577

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Sports, Exercise, and Fitness by Mary Beth Allen Pdf

For reference librarians and researchers seeking information on sports and fitness, this guide is an important first stop. For collection development specialists, it is an invaluable selection guide. Allen describes and evaluates over 1,000 information sources on the complete spectrum of sports: from basketball, football, and hockey to figure skating, table tennis, and weight training. Focusing on English-language works published between 1990 and the present, the guide thoroughly covers traditional reference sources, such as encyclopedias and bibliographies, along with instructional sources in print formats, online databases, and Web sites. To enable users in search of information on specific sports or fitness activities, chapters are organized thematically, according to broad- type aquatic sports, nautical sports, precision and accuracy, racket sports, ice and snow sports, ball sports, cycling, and so on, with subcategories for such individual sports as soccer, golf, and yoga. Within these categories, works are further organized by type: reference, instructional, and Web sites.

Author : Richard William Cox
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Sports
ISBN : 0719025923

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Sport in Britain by Richard William Cox Pdf

Author : David Levinson,Karen Christensen
Publisher : Berkshire Publishing Group LLC
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Sports
ISBN : 0974309117

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Berkshire Encyclopedia of World Sport by David Levinson,Karen Christensen Pdf

Contains articles that provide information on topics related to sports around the world, covering college sports, the culture of sports, sporting events, health and fitness, nations, media, the sports industry, types of sports, sports theories, and sport in society; arranged alphabetically from Academics to Dance.