Sports Around The World 4 Volumes

Author : John Nauright,Charles Parrish
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
Page : 2057 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781598843002

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Sports Around the World by John Nauright,Charles Parrish Pdf

This multivolume set is much more than a collection of essays on sports and sporting cultures from around the world: it also details how and why sports are played wherever they exist, and examines key charismatic athletes from around the world who have transcended their sports. Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice provides a unique, global overview of sports and sports cultures. Unlike most works of this type, this book provides both essays that examine general topics, such as globalization and sport, international relations and sport, and tourism and sport, as well as essays on sports history, culture, and practice in world regions—for example, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, Europe, and Oceania—in order to provide a more global perspective. These essays are followed by entries on specific sports, world athletes, stadiums and arenas, famous games and matches, and major controversies. Spanning topics as varied as modern professional cycling to the fictional movie Rocky to the deadly ball game of the ancient Mayans, the first three volumes contain overview essays and entries for specific sports that have been and are currently practiced around the world. The fourth volume provides a compendium of information on the winners of major sporting competitions from around the world. Readers will gain invaluable insights into how sports have been enjoyed throughout all of human culture, and more fully comprehend their cultural contexts. The entries provide suggestions for further reading on each topic—helpful to general readers, students with school projects, university students and academics alike. Additionally, the four-volume Sports Around the World spotlights key charismatic athletes who have changed a sport or become more than just an outstanding player.

Author : John Nauright
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
Page : 2056 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-06
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781598843019

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Sports around the World: History, Culture, and Practice [4 volumes] by John Nauright Pdf

Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice provides a unique, global overview of sports and sports cultures. Unlike most works of this type, this book provides both essays that examine general topics, such as globalization and sport, international relations and sport, and tourism and sport, as well as essays on sports history, culture, and practice in world regions—for example, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, Europe, and Oceania—in order to provide a more global perspective. These essays are followed by entries on specific sports, world athletes, stadiums and arenas, famous games and matches, and major controversies. Spanning topics as varied as modern professional cycling to the fictional movie Rocky to the deadly ball game of the ancient Mayans, the first three volumes contain overview essays and entries for specific sports that have been and are currently practiced around the world. The fourth volume provides a compendium of information on the winners of major sporting competitions from around the world. Readers will gain invaluable insights into how sports have been enjoyed throughout all of human culture, and more fully comprehend their cultural contexts. The entries provide suggestions for further reading on each topic—helpful to general readers, students with school projects, university students and academics alike. Additionally, the four-volume Sports Around the World spotlights key charismatic athletes who have changed a sport or become more than just an outstanding player.

Author : John Nauright
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 2056 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-06
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781598843019

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Sports around the World [4 volumes] by John Nauright Pdf

This multivolume set is much more than a collection of essays on sports and sporting cultures from around the world: it also details how and why sports are played wherever they exist, and examines key charismatic athletes from around the world who have transcended their sports. Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice provides a unique, global overview of sports and sports cultures. Unlike most works of this type, this book provides both essays that examine general topics, such as globalization and sport, international relations and sport, and tourism and sport, as well as essays on sports history, culture, and practice in world regions—for example, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, Europe, and Oceania—in order to provide a more global perspective. These essays are followed by entries on specific sports, world athletes, stadiums and arenas, famous games and matches, and major controversies. Spanning topics as varied as modern professional cycling to the fictional movie Rocky to the deadly ball game of the ancient Mayans, the first three volumes contain overview essays and entries for specific sports that have been and are currently practiced around the world. The fourth volume provides a compendium of information on the winners of major sporting competitions from around the world. Readers will gain invaluable insights into how sports have been enjoyed throughout all of human culture, and more fully comprehend their cultural contexts. The entries provide suggestions for further reading on each topic—helpful to general readers, students with school projects, university students and academics alike. Additionally, the four-volume Sports Around the World spotlights key charismatic athletes who have changed a sport or become more than just an outstanding player.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Sports
ISBN : 6613690120

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Sports Around the World by Anonim Pdf

"This multivolume set is much more than a collection of essays on sports and sporting cultures from around the world: it also details how and why sports are played wherever they exist, and examines key charismatic athletes from around the world who have transcended their sports"--

Author : Herbert Haag,Dietrich Kayser,Bruce Lanyon Bennett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Education
ISBN : UVA:X001209931

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Comparative Physical Education and Sport, Volume 4 by Herbert Haag,Dietrich Kayser,Bruce Lanyon Bennett Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Children's libraries
ISBN : PSU:000061810051

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School Library Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Melvil Dewey,Richard Rogers Bowker,L. Pylodet,Charles Ammi Cutter,Bertine Emma Weston,Karl Brown,Helen E. Wessells
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 838 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : UOM:39015057952627

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Library Journal by Melvil Dewey,Richard Rogers Bowker,L. Pylodet,Charles Ammi Cutter,Bertine Emma Weston,Karl Brown,Helen E. Wessells Pdf

Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Also issued separately.

Author : Bruce Berglund
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520303720

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The Fastest Game in the World by Bruce Berglund Pdf

Played on frozen ponds in cold northern lands, hockey seemed an especially unlikely game to gain a global following. But from its beginnings in the nineteenth century, the sport has drawn from different cultures and crossed boundaries––between Canada and the United States, across the Atlantic, and among different regions of Europe. It has been a political flashpoint within countries and internationally. And it has given rise to far-reaching cultural changes and firmly held traditions. The Fastest Game in the World is a global history of a global sport, drawing upon research conducted around the world in a variety of languages. From Canadian prairies to Swiss mountain resorts, Soviet housing blocks to American suburbs, Bruce Berglund takes readers on an international tour, seamlessly weaving in hockey’s local, national, and international trends. Written in a lively style with wide-ranging breadth and attention to telling detail, The Fastest Game in the World will thrill both the lifelong fan and anyone who is curious about how games intertwine with politics, economics, and culture.

Author : Library of Congress. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Blind
ISBN : UOM:39015088937092

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Braille Books by Library of Congress. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Physical education and training
ISBN : PSU:000063830217

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Physical Training; Supplement to Association Men by Anonim Pdf

Author : Grant Jarvie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2006-04-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134401635

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Sport, Culture and Society by Grant Jarvie Pdf

This exciting, accessible introduction to the field of Sports Studies is the most comprehensive guide yet to the relationships between sport, culture and society. Taking an international perspective, Sport, Culture and Society provides students with the insight they need to think critically about the nature of sport, and includes: a clear and comprehensive structure unrivalled coverage of the history, culture, media, sociology, politics and anthropology of sport coverage of core topics and emerging areas extensive original research and new case study material. The book offers a full range of features to help guide students and lecturers, including essay topics, seminar questions, key definitions, extracts from primary sources, extensive case studies, and guides to further reading. Sport, Culture and Society represents both an important course resource for students of sport and also sets a new agenda for the social scientific study of sport.

Author : Charles Parrish,John Nauright
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 727 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-21
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9798216146001

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Soccer around the World by Charles Parrish,John Nauright Pdf

Two leading sports authorities explore the culture of soccer around the world, considering the sport as a means to better understand a society's past, present, and future. How popular is soccer worldwide? Here's one indicator: 3.2 billion people—nearly half of the planet's population—tuned in to watch the 2010 World Cup on television. Soccer matches attract a gargantuan number of fans from around the globe due to the popularity of the sport itself but also because of the nationalism it inspires and the entertainment spectacle of the big games. Distinguished authors and sports authorities, Charles Parrish and John Nauright, examine how soccer impacts societies worldwide by shaping national identities, providing common ground for diplomatic issues, and forging economic and social development. This one-volume geographic guide studies the places in which soccer has a major impact, examining each region's teams, major tournaments, key players, and international performance. The authors organize the book geographically by region and country, with entries reviewing the history of the sport and cultural impact on the area. Each profile concludes with fascinating game-based statistics, such as winners of major tournaments and top goal scorers. The book covers 20 countries including England, Brazil, Egypt, the United States, Cameroon, and Korea.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Blind
ISBN : IND:30000100001191

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For Younger Readers by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : People with disabilities
ISBN : NWU:35558002652317

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Sports 'n Spokes by Anonim Pdf

Author : Bohdan S. Wynar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Reference books
ISBN : UOM:39015066128086

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American Reference Books Annual by Bohdan S. Wynar Pdf

1970- issued in 2 vols.: v. 1, General reference, social sciences, history, economics, business; v. 2, Fine arts, humanities, science and engineering.