Sports The First Five Millennia |
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| Author:
| Guttmann, Allen |
| ISBN: | 978-1-281-10896-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2004 |
| Publisher: | University of Massachusetts Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $34.95 |
Book Description:
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This is a lively cultural history of world sports from antiquity to the present.; From ancient Egyptian archery and medieval Japanese football to contemporary American baseball, every sport has been shaped by - and in turn has helped shape - the culture of which it is part. Yet as Allen Guttmann shows in this far-ranging study, for all their differences sports have followed a similar historical trajectory from traditional to modern forms.; In "Sports: The First Five Millennia,"...
More DescriptionThis is a lively cultural history of world sports from antiquity to the present.; From ancient Egyptian archery and medieval Japanese football to contemporary American baseball, every sport has been shaped by - and in turn has helped shape - the culture of which it is part. Yet as Allen Guttmann shows in this far-ranging study, for all their differences sports have followed a similar historical trajectory from traditional to modern forms.; In "Sports: The First Five Millennia," Guttmann traces this evolution across continents, cultures, and historical epochs to construct a single comprehensive narrative of the world's sports.