Sport As History

Author : Gerald R. Gems
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781000353303

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Sport History by Gerald R. Gems Pdf

This is a fundamental text for the study of sport history. It answers the ‘why,’ ‘how,’ and ‘what’ questions, introducing the key principles and practices of sport history and walking the reader through the fascinating stories, debates, issues, and national and international narratives that constitute the history of sport. The book provides an overview of the field and the various professional roles assumed by practitioners, such as researchers, academics, and public historians. It is brief, crisp, and to the point. The main general topics of interest within the field – gender, race, nationalism, religion, sport and leisure, and megaevents – are covered with introductory vignettes, stories of interest, a wide variety of theoretical frameworks, and relevant historiography in the most current and timely text of its kind. Each chapter provides a list of further readings for more in-depth study. Students are taught how to conduct research and present their findings in a variety of mediums, and teaching and publication tips are offered for educators. Sport History: The Basics is essential reading for any student on a sport-related degree course or with an interest in social and cultural history. It is also fascinating reading for anybody with a general interest in sport.

Author : Murray G. Phillips
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780791482506

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Deconstructing Sport History by Murray G. Phillips Pdf

Presents a broad spectrum of critical approaches that question traditional sport history.

Author : Carly Adams
Publisher : Human Kinetics
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-16
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781492599203

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Sport and Recreation in Canadian History by Carly Adams Pdf

Serving as a foundation for critical discussion about the importance of the past, Sport and Recreation in Canadian History covers the historical events, people, and moments that shape Canadian sport in the present and future. While this text focuses on sport and recreation practices on these lands now claimed by Canada, it is set within a larger historical context of interconnecting social and cultural practices to speak to the sustained tensions, complexities, and contradictions prevalent in Canadian society. The editor, Dr. Carly Adams, and her 17 contributing experts from across Canada bring the latest research in all areas of Canadian sport history to life and present a thorough look at the nation’s past events. The text challenges the dominant narratives and encourages students to think critically about Canadian sport history. It examines how gender, ethnicity, race, religion, ability, class, and other systems of oppression and privilege have shaped sport and recreation practices, with Canadian sporting culture reproducing many of the same oppressive systems that exist on the larger scale. Sport and Recreation in Canadian History separates itself from its competitors by providing an abundance of pedagogical aids. Sidebars highlighting prominent people provide glimpses of figures who made a significant impact on Canadian sport history. Transformative Moment sidebars focus on significant events as they relate to specific themes, such as gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, or ability. A comprehensive timeline showcases where important events fell in relation to one another, while the text acknowledges the problem of presenting history in a linear way and provides a more nuanced discussion of time. Descriptions of primary source documents—such as newspaper articles, photographs, and historical documents—are accompanied by explanations of how sport historians work with these documents. Sport and Recreation in Canadian History asks readers to think differently about the history of Canadian sport, and it examines how past people, moments, and events continue to shape 21st-century sport.

Author : Murray G. Phillips,Douglas Booth,Carly Adams
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000441666

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Routledge Handbook of Sport History by Murray G. Phillips,Douglas Booth,Carly Adams Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Sport History is a new and innovative survey of the discipline of sport history. Global in scope, it examines the key contemporary issues in sports historiography, sheds light on previously ignored topics, and sets an intellectual agenda for the future development of the discipline. The book explores both traditional and non-traditional methodologies in sport history, and traces the interface between sport history and other fields of research, such as literature, material culture and the digital humanities. It considers the importance of key issues such as gender, race, sexuality and politics to our understanding of sport history, and focuses on innovative ways that the scholarship around these issues is challenging accepted discourses. This is the first handbook to include a full section on Indigenous sport history, a topic that has often been ignored in sport history surveys despite its powerful upstream influence on contemporary sport. The book also reflects carefully on the central importance of sport history journals in shaping the development of the discipline. This book is an essential reference for any student, researcher or scholar with an interest in sport history or the relationship between sport and society. It will also be fascinating reading for any historians looking for fresh perspectives on contemporary historiography or social and cultural history.

Author : S. W. Pope
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 0252065670

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The New American Sport History by S. W. Pope Pdf

In The New American Sport History sixteen scholars, many of them among the best known in the field, explore topics as diverse as the historical debate over black athletic superiority, the "selling" of sport in society, the eroticism of athletic activity, sexual fears of women athletes, and the marketing of the marathon. In line with the changing nature of sport history as a field of study, this volume focuses less on "traditional" topics and more on themes of class, gender, race, ethnicity, and national identity, which also define the larger parameters of social and cultural history. It is the first anthology to situation sport history within the broader fields of social history and cultural studies. Contributors are Melvin L. Adelman, William J. Baker, Pamela L. Cooper, Mark Dyreson, Gerald R. Gems, Elliott J. Gorn, Allen Guttmann, Stephen H. Hardy, Peter Levine, Donald J. Mrozek, Michael Oriard, S. W. Pope, Benjamin G. Rader, Steven A. Riess, Nancy L. Struna, and David K. Wiggins.

Author : David G. McComb
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Histoire universelle
ISBN : 9780415318129

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Sports in World History by David G. McComb Pdf

A wide ranging overview of the history of modern sports including material on sports organizations, the commercialisation of sports and the use of performance-enhancing drugs.

Author : Steven A. Riess
Publisher : Cengage Learning
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Sports
ISBN : 0669353809

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Major Problems in American Sport History by Steven A. Riess Pdf

Each topic in this text is covered by both secondary readings and a wide variety of primary source documents, including legal decisions, diary entries, newspaper reports, literary accounts, government hearings, and advertisements for athletic equipment.

Author : Simon C. Darnell,Russell Field,Bruce Kidd
Publisher : Springer
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-04
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781137439444

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The History and Politics of Sport-for-Development by Simon C. Darnell,Russell Field,Bruce Kidd Pdf

This book focuses on the major social and political forces that have shaped the ways in which sport has been understood, organized, and contested in an effort to engender social change. Integrating the history of international development with the history of modern sport, the authors examine the underpinnings of sport-for-development from the mid-19th through the early 21st centuries. Including both archival research and extensive interviews with more than 15 individuals who were central to the institutions and movements that shaped sport as a force for development, this book will be of particular interest to the growing number of scholars, students, practitioners, advocates and activists interested in the possibilities and limitations of sport-for-development.

Author : Richard Holt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 0192852299

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Sport and the British by Richard Holt Pdf

This lively and deeply researched history - the first of its kind - goes beyond the great names and moments to explain how British sport has changed since 1800, and what it has meant to ordinary people. It shows how the way we play reflects not just our lives as citizens of a predominantlyurban and industrial world, but what is especially distinctive about British sport. Innovators in abandoning traditional, often brutal sports, and in establishing a code of `fair play', the British were also pioneers in popular sports and in the promotion of organized spectator events.Modern media coverage of sport, gambling, violence and attitudes towards it, nationalism, and the role of sport in sustaining male identity are also explored, and the book is rich in illuminating and entertaining anecdotes, which it combines with a serious historical understanding of a fascinatingsubject.

Author : Gary Osmond,Murray G Phillips
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780252096891

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Sport History in the Digital Era by Gary Osmond,Murray G Phillips Pdf

From statistical databases to story archives, from fan sites to the real-time reactions of Twitter-empowered athletes, the digital communication revolution has changed the way fans relate to LeBron's latest triple double or Tom Brady's last second touchdown pass. In this volume, contributors from Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States analyze the parallel transformation in the field of sport history, showing the ways powerful digital tools raise vital philosophical, epistemological, ontological, methodological, and ethical questions for scholars and students alike. Chapters consider how philosophical and theoretical understandings of the meaning of history influence engagement with digital history, and conceptualize the relationship between history making and the digital era. As the writers show, digital media's mostly untapped potential for studying the recent past via media like blogs, chat rooms, and gambling sites forge a symbiosis between sports and the internet while offering historians new vistas to explore and utilize. In this new era, digital history becomes a dynamic site of enquiry and discussion where scholars enter into a give-and-take with individuals and invite their audience to grapple with, rather than passively absorb, evidence. Timely and provocative, Sport History in the Digital Era affirms how the information revolution has transformed sport and sport history--and shows the road ahead. Contributors include Douglas Booth, Mike Cronin, Martin Johnes, Matthew Klugman, Geoffery Z. Kohe, Tara Magdalinski, Fiona McLachlan, Bob Nicholson, Rebecca Olive, Gary Osmond, Murray G. Phillips, Stephen Robertson, Synthia Sydnor, Holly Thorpe, and Wayne Wilson.

Author : Don Morrow,Kevin B. Wamsley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0199021570

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Sport in Canada by Don Morrow,Kevin B. Wamsley Pdf

Comprehensive and issue-focused, Sport in Canada: A History is an engaging and thought-provoking investigation into the role of sports, games, and pastimes in Canadian life. This sweeping history emphasizes the sociocultural factors that inform current issues in sport, such as violence,injury, gender, and multiculturalism. Now in its fourth edition, this revitalized text guides students toward a deeper appreciation of the role sport has played in shaping our national identity.

Author : John Carvalho
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-29
Category : Mass media and sports
ISBN : 036755867X

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Sports Media History by John Carvalho Pdf

"This research collection details the ongoing interaction between sports, media, and society throughout important periods in history. Chapters examine both historical events/moments and broader trends in sports, with an emphasis on the media's role"--

Author : Dave Zirin
Publisher : New Press People's History
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 1595584773

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A People's History of Sports in the United States by Dave Zirin Pdf

A riotously entertaining chronicle of larger-than-life sporting characters and dramatic contests, this is an alternative political history of the United States as seen through the games its people played. Replete with surprises for seasoned sports, it will also amaze anyone interested in history with the connections Zirin draws between politics and sports. A groundbreaking book, it looks at the history of sports in the US through the lens of politics and culture, and shows how athlete-rebels have used sports for social and political change.

Author : Gerald R. Gems
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1138327573

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The Routledge History of American Sport by Gerald R. Gems Pdf

Author : Wray Vamplew,Dave Day
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781351727709

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Methodology in Sports History by Wray Vamplew,Dave Day Pdf

The process of converting the ‘past’ into ‘history’ involves engagement with a multitude of different sources and methods, and sports historians inevitably participate in the same debates over approaches and methodologies as their counterparts in other historical disciplines. At its heart, history remains a genre of empirical knowledge that is based upon the remains of the past, and without suitable evidence, there can be no sports history. A burgeoning range of sources has stimulated new ways of thinking and a significant expansion in the sports historian’s evidentiary base, as textual sources have been supplemented by photos, films and cartoons, uniforms, architecture, maps and landscapes, and material culture more generally. This book deals with some of these innovations. It is divided into two sections, the first offering chapter-length studies of particular methodologies, and the second, brief responses from experts in their fields to the question ‘what can sports historians learn from other disciplines?’