Sport In History: An Introduction

by Jeffrey Hill

Overview

This wide-ranging analysis of the key themes and developments in sports history provides an accessible introduction to the topic. The book examines sports history on a global scale, exploring the relationship between sports history and topics such as modernization, globalization, identity, gender and the media.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781350307070
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	11/22/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	196
File size:	671 KB

About the Author

JEFFREY HILL is Emeritus Professor of Historical and Cultural Studies at De Montfort University, UK, where he was previously Director of the International Centre for Sport, History and Culture. He is the author of Sport, Leisure and Culture in Twentieth Century Britain (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002) and Sport and the Literary Imagination (Peter Lang, 2006).
Jeffrey Hill is Emeritus Professor of Historical and Cultural Studies at De Montfort University, UK.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Sport Matters
The Transition to Modern Sport
Sport and Identity
Sport and Gender
Mediating Sport
Sport ina Globalized World
Conclusion
Select Bibliography.

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From the Publisher

[A]n excellent introduction for those who want to immerse themselves in sports history. It presents a generous smorgasbord of perspectives and approaches.' - Hans Bolling, idrottsforum.org