The Sports Shoe

Author : Thomas Turner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-21
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781474281812

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The Sports Shoe by Thomas Turner Pdf

"Meticulously researched and beautifully produced." Times Literary Supplement "A big and beautiful book." Journal of British Studies "A definitive history of the sports shoe." Amber Butchart, fashion historian "A necessary book [and] a great read." Samuel Smallidge, Archivist, Converse "Both educational and entertaining." Scene Point Blank The story of the sneaker's rise from the first Victorian tennis shoes to the Nike Air Max and beyond. Moving from the athletic field to the shopping mall, Thomas Turner tells a fresh story of the evolution of the sports shoe against the changing landscape of society, sport, fashion, industry, and technology. The Sports Shoe takes us on a journey from the first Victorian tennis shoes to the sneaker of today, to the adidas Superstar and the innovative technologies of Nike Air Max. Featuring newly uncovered archival material and historic images showcasing key personalities, vintage marketing and common perceptions of this hugely desirable product, this book is a must-have for any sneaker collector, historian of popular culture, or anyone interested in the place of athletic footwear in our lives today.

Author : Thomas Turner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-21
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781474281805

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The Sports Shoe by Thomas Turner Pdf

The story of the sneaker's rise from the first Victorian tennis shoes to the Nike Air Max and beyond Moving from the athletic field to the shopping mall, Thomas Turner tells a fresh story of the evolution of the sports shoe against the changing landscape of society, sport, fashion, industry, and technology. The Sports Shoe takes us on a journey from the first Victorian tennis shoes to the adidas Superstar and the innovative technologies of Nike Air Max. Featuring newly uncovered archival material and historic images showcasing key personalities, vintage marketing and common perceptions of this hugely desirable product, this book is a must-have for any sneaker collector, historian of popular culture, or anyone interested in the place of athletic footwear in our lives today.

Author : Benno Maurus Nigg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Athletic shoes
ISBN : 0986742104

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Biomechanics of Sport Shoes by Benno Maurus Nigg Pdf

Author : B. Segesser,Wolfgang Pförringer,W. Pförringer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Design
ISBN : UOM:39015015059697

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The Shoe in Sport by B. Segesser,Wolfgang Pförringer,W. Pförringer Pdf

Author : Amber J. Keyser
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781512456400

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Sneaker Century by Amber J. Keyser Pdf

Whether you call them kicks or sneakers, runners or gutties, you probably have a pair of athletic shoes in your closet. The earliest sneakers debuted in the 1800s and weren't much more than a canvas upper and a flexible sole made of a crazy new materialrubber. The stuff might have been new to Americans then, but for thousands of years, the indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin of South America had been using latex made from the milky sap of hevea trees to protect their feet from rocks, sticks, and biting insects. Once Charles Goodyear figured out how to make the stuff more durable, sneakers were here to stay. Early sneakers were initially designed for elite athletes, but kids and teens quickly adopted them. Some of the first brands included Converse, Brooks, and Saucony. German companies Adidas and Puma started up during World War II. The Nike shoe debuted in the 1970s (with a bit of inspiration from a waffle iron). As fitness crazes took off in the 1980s, people all over the world started buying the shoes for workouts and everyday wear. At about the same time, companies began hiring high-profile athletes and pop stars for big-dollar endorsements, and shoe sales soared into the stratosphere to the tune of billions of dollars each year. In Sneaker Century, follow sneaker fashions and the larger-than-life personalities behind the best known athletic shoe brands in history. Learn how teen sneakerheads became important style makers and drove the success of NIKE, Inc., and other shoe companies. Look behind the scenes at the labor-intensive process of manufacturing sneakers. Explore the sneaker frontier of the futurerecycled shoes, earth-friendly initiatives, and high-fashion statements. Get ready to speed through the Sneaker Century!

Author : Matthew B. Werd,E. Leslie Knight
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 038776416X

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Athletic Footwear and Orthoses in Sports Medicine by Matthew B. Werd,E. Leslie Knight Pdf

This concise manual is for sports medicine specialists who want to effectively prescribe footwear and orthotics for the athlete. The book provides a logical approach designed to maximize performance and minimize injury. In addition to the fundamentals, including athletic foot types, basic biomechanics, and gait evaluation, the text also addresses the assessment and prescription of shoes, inserts, and orthotics. The work covers new technologies and sports-specific recommendations as well. By presenting essential information in a convenient and easily accessible format, this book will prove to be invaluable for sports medicine physicians, podiatrists, physical therapists, athletic trainers, and other specialists when making footwear recommendations for athletes.

Author : Susan Dudley Morrison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0896862402

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Shoes for Sport by Susan Dudley Morrison Pdf

Gives a brief history of sports shoes and describes the design and construction of running shoes. Includes a glossary of related terms.

Author : Jason Coles
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-22
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781472937056

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Golden Kicks by Jason Coles Pdf

Many iconic shoes, such as the adidas Stan Smith, Nike Air Jordan and Puma Suede are worn by millions as everyday footwear, but were originally born to bring victory on court, track and field. Golden Kicks reveals the stories behind some of the greatest shoes in sporting history, the roles they played in sport's most significant moments, and how they have made the transition from classic sportswear to mainstream streetwear. Discover the amazing stories behind the shoes, the people who made them, and the athletes who wore them.

Author : Roshan Shishoo
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2005-08-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781845690885

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Textiles in Sport by Roshan Shishoo Pdf

The technical developments in the sports clothing industry has resulted in the use of functional textiles for highly-specialised performances in different sports. Developments include thermal and functional properties and coated and laminated clothes. With bio- and smart materials providing such a strong focus in the textile industry generally, companies are going for ‘value-added’ textiles, such as in-built sensors which monitor performance. In-built wear comfort is a growing market trend and includes clothing which improves the skin’s performance. Written by a distinguished editor and a team of authors from the cutting edge of textile research, Textiles in sport discusses high-performance, high-function and intelligent textiles for sportswear. Invaluable for a broad range of readers Discusses high-performance, high-function and intelligent textiles for sportswear

Author : Tina Skinner,Melissa Cardona
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Design
ISBN : UCSD:31822035604503

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The Sneaker Book by Tina Skinner,Melissa Cardona Pdf

Sneakers are more than just athletic shoes - they are also fashion statements, status symbols, and cultural icons.\nThis book traces the progression of sneaker design from the early canvas-topped rubber soles to the hi-tech innovations of the late 1980s. Over 450 color and black-and-white images compiled from magazine advertisements that date back to 1940 explore a half-century of athletic shoe design for track, football, soccer, baseball, basketball, running, tennis, and casual wear. Included are designs by Converse, Keds, Adidas, Nike, Puma, Reebok, and New Balance, among other companies. Fashion historians, designers, and sneaker fans will all love this exciting book.

Author : Yogesh K. Dwivedi,Nripendra P. Rana,Emma L. Slade,Mahmud A. Shareef,Marc Clement,Antonis C. Simintiras,Banita Lal
Publisher : Springer
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319750132

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Emerging Markets from a Multidisciplinary Perspective by Yogesh K. Dwivedi,Nripendra P. Rana,Emma L. Slade,Mahmud A. Shareef,Marc Clement,Antonis C. Simintiras,Banita Lal Pdf

This book examines prominent issues in the Emerging Markets (EM) from a variety of disciplines in order to make useful societal contributions through knowledge exchange. EMs offer enormous opportunities, but realizing them is both challenging and risky due to inherent uncertainties of such markets. EM’s also have unique characteristics that makes them different from developed countries. This causes implications for both theory and practice. These markets necessitate substantial adaptations of developed theories and approaches employed in the Western world. This book investigates problems specific to emerging markets, and identifies new theoretical constructs, hypotheses (re)development, and emphasizes institutional contexts. The chapters in this book establish new conceptual and theoretical paradigms from multidisciplinary perspectives concentrated in the areas of information systems, electronic government, and digital and social media matters. The book focuses on topics in these areas such as digital enterprises, sustainability, telemedicine, and Information Communication Technology (ICT) and surveys the potential challenges and opportunities that may arise. These concepts and topics covered in this book are vital for making the global economy more equitable and sustainable.

Author : Dana Meachen Rau
Publisher : Cherry Lake
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2007-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781602791626

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Athletic Shoes by Dana Meachen Rau Pdf

Which athletic shoe is right for you? Readers will learn about the materials that go into athletic shoes and how athletic shoes are produced and sold to millions of people all around the world.

Author : Phil Knight
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781501135934

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Shoe Dog by Phil Knight Pdf

In this instant and tenacious New York Times bestseller, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight “offers a rare and revealing look at the notoriously media-shy man behind the swoosh” (Booklist, starred review), illuminating his company’s early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world’s most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands. Bill Gates named Shoe Dog one of his five favorite books of the year and called it “an amazing tale, a refreshingly honest reminder of what the path to business success really looks like. It’s a messy, perilous, and chaotic journey, riddled with mistakes, endless struggles, and sacrifice. Phil Knight opens up in ways few CEOs are willing to do.” Fresh out of business school, Phil Knight borrowed fifty dollars from his father and launched a company with one simple mission: import high-quality, low-cost running shoes from Japan. Selling the shoes from the trunk of his car in 1963, Knight grossed eight thousand dollars that first year. Today, Nike’s annual sales top $30 billion. In this age of start-ups, Knight’s Nike is the gold standard, and its swoosh is one of the few icons instantly recognized in every corner of the world. But Knight, the man behind the swoosh, has always been a mystery. In Shoe Dog, he tells his story at last. At twenty-four, Knight decides that rather than work for a big corporation, he will create something all his own, new, dynamic, different. He details the many risks he encountered, the crushing setbacks, the ruthless competitors and hostile bankers—as well as his many thrilling triumphs. Above all, he recalls the relationships that formed the heart and soul of Nike, with his former track coach, the irascible and charismatic Bill Bowerman, and with his first employees, a ragtag group of misfits and savants who quickly became a band of swoosh-crazed brothers. Together, harnessing the electrifying power of a bold vision and a shared belief in the transformative power of sports, they created a brand—and a culture—that changed everything.

Author : Barbara Smit
Publisher : Ecco
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2008-03-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015077612904

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Sneaker Wars by Barbara Smit Pdf

The fascinating story of the enemy brothers behind Adidas and Puma, whose rivalry shaped the modern sports business Adidas and Puma are two of the biggest global brands in sports, paying stars, clubs, and competitions to show off their labels in stadiums and across magazine pages. In Sneaker Wars, journalist Barbara Smit reveals the dramatic, character-driven story of these two power-houses. Started in their mother's laundry room in Germany, Adi and Rudi Dassler's shoe business was an instant success, their spikes worn by Jesse Owens in the Berlin Olympics. But a vicious feud soon pulled them apart: by the end of World War II, the brothers split the company, dividing their family and hometown. Adidas and Puma revolutionized the world of sport, their rivalry introducing behind-the-scenes deals and multimillion-dollar contracts. From Pelé to Joe Namath, Walt Frazier to Boris Becker, Muhammad Ali to David Beckham, they all contribute to the roller-coaster rise, near collapse, and revival of the two brands. A page-turning narrative, Sneaker Wars is a riveting blend of family drama, business, sports, and history.

Author : Tom Jordan
Publisher : Rodale Books
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781623360771

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Pre by Tom Jordan Pdf

The story of America's greatest running legend. For five years, no American runner could beat him at any distance over a mile. But at the age of 24, with his best years still ahead, long-distance runner Steve Prefontaine finally lost. Driving alone at night after a party, Prefontaine crashed his sports car, putting a tragic, shocking end to the life and career of one of the most influential, accomplished runners of our time. More than 20 years later, Pre continues to influence the running world. From his humble origins in Coos Bay, Oregon, Pre became the first person to win four NCAA titles in one event. Year after year, he was virtually unbeatable. Instead of becoming one of the new breed of professional track athletes, Pre chose to stay amateur and fight for the adequate funding he felt American amateur athletes deserved. A man of incredible desire and energy, Pre trained relentlessly. In his drive to be the best, he spurred others to do their best. As one racer said, "He ran every race as if it were his last." But Pre not only touched runners; his exciting technique as well as his maverick lifestyle made him a favorite of the fans. A race with Prefontaine in it was automatically an event. His brief but brilliant life—documented by author Tom Jordan—is the tale of a true American hero. This is his story. "Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, 'I've never seen anyone run like that before.' It's more than just a race, it's style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative." —Steve Prefontaine *The e-book edition does not include photos