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Sports in the Western World (Revised Edition)

  • ISBN-13: 9780252060427
  • Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
    Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
  • By William J. Baker
  • Price: AUD $71.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 15/03/1988
  • Format: Paperback 368 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Sport & leisure industries [KNSP]
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''A complete sports history from Paleolithic times to the present. . . . Eye opening are the chapters on the Middle Ages. . . . But there's something revealing on almost every page of this fine effort.''--Publisher's Weekly ''Lively narrative. . . . [I]ts virtues are rich detail, extended coverage, and a fluid writing style.''--Historian ''Every . . . sporting even, from amateur Olympics to professional media hypes [is] presented in this thorough, well-composed chronicle.''--Best Sellers ''[This] ambitious book examines the impulses behind the games that man has always played. . . . Entertaining throughout.''--Kliatt ''An elegant book, which examines the rise of competitive sport in Western society from ancient times to the present. . . . The focus is on athletes, sporting patrons, spectators, and opinion makers. . . . Highly recommended.''--Choice
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