| Description |
1 online resource (89 pages) |
| Series |
Sports reference series |
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Sports reference series.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Editorial; Acknowledgements; Classified Bibliography; Worldwide Inter-Continental Reference Works; Encyclopaedias, Dictionaries, Chronologies, etc.; Historiography/Research Method; General Histories of Sport/Anthologies; Histories of International Sporting Festivals; The Commonwealth Games; The Olympic Games; World Student Games; World-Wide/lnter-Continental Histories of Individual Sports; Archery; Association Football; Athletics; Baseball; Boxing; Cricket; Golf; Horse Racing; Hunting; Hurling; Ice Hockey; Ice Skating |
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Motor Car RacingMountain Biking; Mountaineering; Parachuting; Rowing; Rugby League; Rugby Union; Tennis; Collective Biographical Studies; General; Association Football; Baseball; Cricket; Golf; Horse Racing; Ice Hockey; Motor Car Racing; Sport in Ancient Civilizations; Byzantium; Greece; Sport in Individual Continents/Countries; Africa; Cameroon; Ethiopia; South Africa; Tanzania; Americas; North America; Canada; United States of America; South America; Argentina; Brazil; Uruguay; West Indies; Asia; China; Japan; Pakistan; Singapore; Australasia; Australia; New Zealand; Europe -- General |
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BelgiumBulgaria; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Great Britain; Greece; Hungary; Holland; Iceland; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Norway; Poland; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; USSR; Middle East; Lebanon; Miscellaneous; Author Index; Index to Journals; Index to Conference Proceedings; Essay Collections |
| Summary |
There has been an explosion in the quantity of sports history literature published in recent years, making it increasingly difficult to keep abreast of developments. The annual number of publications has increased from around 250 to 1,000 a year over the last decade. This is due in part to the fact that during the late 1980s and 90s, many clubs, leagues and governing bodies of sport have celebrated their centenaries and produced histories to mark this occasion and commemorate their achievements. It is also the result of the growing popularity and realisation of the importance of sport histor |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Sports -- Bibliography.
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Sports
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Bibliographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781135293024 |
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1135293023 |
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