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Title A cultural history of sport / general editors: Wray Vamplew, John McClelland, and Mark Dyreson
Published London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021

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Description 6 volumes : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm
Contents Volume 1. A cultural history of sport in antiquity / edited by Paul Christesen and Charles Stocking -- volume 2. A cultural history of sport in the medieval age / edited by Noel Fallows -- volume 3. A cultural history of sport in the Renaissance / edited by Alessandro Arcangli -- volume 4. A cultural history of sport in the age of Enlightenment / edited by Rebekka von Mallinckrodt -- volume 5. A cultural history of sport in the age of industry / edited by Mike Huggins -- volume 6. A cultural history of sport in the modern age / edited by Steven A. Riess
Summary From gladiatorial combat to knightly tournaments and from hunting to games and gambling, sport has been central to human culture. A Cultural History of Sport presents the first extensive history from classical antiquity to today, covering all forms and aspects of sport. Chapter titles are identical across each of the volumes. This gives the choice of reading about a specific period in one of the volumes, or following a theme across history by reading the relevant chapter in each of the six. The themes (and chapter titles) are: The Purpose of Sport; Sporting Time and Sporting Space; Products, Training and Technology; Rules and Order; Conflict and Accommodation; Inclusion, Exclusion and Segregation; Minds, Bodies and Identities; Representation. The six volumes cover: 1 - Antiquity (800 BCE to 600 CE); 2 - Medieval Age (600 to 1450); 3 - Renaissance (1450 to 1650); 4 - Age of Enlightenment (1650 to 1800); 5 - Age of Industry (1800 to 1920); 6 - Modern Age (1920 to present). The page extent for the pack is approximately 1776pp. Each volume opens with Notes on Contributors and an Introduction and concludes with Notes, Bibliography, and an Index. A Cultural History of Sport is part of The Cultural Histories Series. Titles are available both as printed hardcover sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as part of a fully-searchable digital library available to institutions by annual subscription or on perpetual access (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com)
Subject Sports -- History
Author Vamplew, Wray, general editor
McClelland, John, general editor
Dyreson, Mark, general editor
ISBN 1350024104
9781350024106
Other Titles Cultural history of sport in antiquity
Cultural history of sport in the medieval age
Cultural history of sport in the Renaissance
Cultural history of sport in the age of Enlightenment
Cultural history of sport in the age of industry
Cultural history of sport in the modern age