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35 produkter
Chicago Sports Reader
100 Years of Sports in the Windy City
Av Steven A. Riess, Gerald R. Gems
Häftad, 2009
354 kr
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The Chicago Sports Reader examines Chicago's long and glorious history of recreational and competitive sport, and as the home of the finest sporting events and most loyal fans in the United States. Contributors explore why sports have been especially important in Chicago, how these sports were …
Global Perspectives on Sport and Physical Cultures
Av Annette Hofmann, Gerald R. Gems m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
769 kr
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Global Perspectives of Sport and Physical Culture is a compilation of diverse essays derived from the works of prominent international scholars that address significant international issues relative to sporting practices from a historical perspective. A variety of movement cultures are examined and …
Games and Sporting Events in History
Organisations, Performances and Impact
Av Annette Hofmann, Gerald R. Gems m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
769 kr
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Games and Sporting Events in History offers a broad global perspective on sports and games in Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia. A diverse set of topics covers education, medicine, therapy, body culture, gender, race, cross cultural flow, and political issues from the late nineteenth century …
Sport History
The Basics
Häftad, 2021
380 kr
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This is a fundamental text for the study of sport history. It answers the ‘why,’ ‘how,’ and ‘what’ questions, introducing the key principles and practices of sport history and walking the reader through the fascinating stories, debates, issues, and national and international narratives that …
Sport History
The Basics
Inbunden, 2021
1874 kr
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This is a fundamental text for the study of sport history. It answers the ‘why,’ ‘how,’ and ‘what’ questions, introducing the key principles and practices of sport history and walking the reader through the fascinating stories, debates, issues, and national and international narratives that …
Understanding American Sports
Av Gerald R. Gems, Gertrud Pfister
Inbunden, 2009
3052 kr
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Since the nineteenth century the USA has served as an international model for business, lifestyle and sporting success. Yet whilst the language of sport seems to be universal, American sports culture remains highly distinctive. Why is this so? How should we understand American sport? What can we …
Understanding American Sports
Av Gerald R. Gems, Gertrud Pfister
Häftad, 2009
906 kr
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Since the nineteenth century the USA has served as an international model for business, lifestyle and sporting success. Yet whilst the language of sport seems to be universal, American sports culture remains highly distinctive. Why is this so? How should we understand American sport? What can we …
Athletic Crusade
Sport and American Cultural Imperialism
Häftad, 2012
282 kr
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The Athletic Crusade is the first book to systematically analyze the role of sports in the expansion of U.S. empire from the 1890s through World War II. Gerald R. Gems details how white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant males set the standard for inclusion within American society, transferred that standard …
Before Jackie Robinson
The Transcendent Role of Black Sporting Pioneers
Häftad, 2017
411 kr
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While the accomplishments and influence of Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson, and Muhammad Ali are doubtless impressive solely on their merits, these luminaries of the Black sporting experience did not emerge spontaneously. Their rise was part of a gradual evolution in social …
For Pride, Profit, and Patriarchy
Football and the Incorporation of American Cultural Values
Inbunden, 2000
1031 kr
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Sports history has emerged as a popular study over the past quarter century, and scholars have fueled this interest by providing a wealth of information on baseball and its role in American culture. Despite this increasing focus on the connection between sports and societal values, football, the …
Boxing
A Concise History of the Sweet Science
Häftad, 2017
490 kr
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Sports fans have long been fascinated with boxing and the brutal demonstration of physical and psychological conflict. Accounts of the sport appear as far back as the third millennium BC, and Greek and Roman sculptors depicted the athletic ideals of the ancient era in the form of boxers. In the …
Sport and the Shaping of Italian-American Identity
E-bok, 2013
576 kr
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Gems traces the experience of the Italian immigrant and illustrates the ways in which sports helped Italian-Americans adapt to a new culture, assert pride in an ethnic identity, and even achieve social advancement. Employing historical, sociological, and anthropological studies, Gems explores how …
Sport History
The Basics
E-bok, 2021
446 kr
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This is a fundamental text for the study of sport history. It answers the ‘why,’ ‘how,’ and ‘what’ questions, introducing the key principles and practices of sport history and walking the reader through the fascinating stories, debates, issues, and national and international narratives that …
Sport History
The Basics
E-bok, 2021
446 kr
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This is a fundamental text for the study of sport history. It answers the ‘why,’ ‘how,’ and ‘what’ questions, introducing the key principles and practices of sport history and walking the reader through the fascinating stories, debates, issues, and national and international narratives that …
Understanding American Sports
Av Gertrud Pfister, Gerald R. Gems
E-bok, 2009
1074 kr
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Since the nineteenth century the USA has served as an international model for business, lifestyle and sporting success. Yet whilst the language of sport seems to be universal, American sports culture remains highly distinctive. Why is this so? How should we understand American sport? What can we …
Understanding American Sports
Av Gertrud Pfister, Gerald R. Gems
E-bok, 2009
1043 kr
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Since the nineteenth century the USA has served as an international model for business, lifestyle and sporting success. Yet whilst the language of sport seems to be universal, American sports culture remains highly distinctive. Why is this so? How should we understand American sport? What can we …
Games and Sporting Events in History
Organisations, Performances and Impact
Av Maureen Smith, Gerald R. Gems m. fl.
E-bok, 2018
890 kr
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Games and Sporting Events in History offers a broad global perspective on sports and games in Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia. A diverse set of topics covers education, medicine, therapy, body culture, gender, race, cross cultural flow, and political issues from the late nineteenth century …
Games and Sporting Events in History
Organisations, Performances and Impact
Av Maureen Smith, Gerald R. Gems m. fl.
E-bok, 2018
890 kr
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Games and Sporting Events in History offers a broad global perspective on sports and games in Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia. A diverse set of topics covers education, medicine, therapy, body culture, gender, race, cross cultural flow, and political issues from the late nineteenth century …
Global Perspectives on Sport and Physical Cultures
Av Maureen Smith, Gerald R. Gems m. fl.
E-bok, 2018
890 kr
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Global Perspectives of Sport and Physical Culture is a compilation of diverse essays derived from the works of prominent international scholars that address significant international issues relative to sporting practices from a historical perspective. A variety of movement cultures are examined and …
Global Perspectives on Sport and Physical Cultures
Av Maureen Smith, Gerald R. Gems m. fl.
E-bok, 2018
890 kr
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Global Perspectives of Sport and Physical Culture is a compilation of diverse essays derived from the works of prominent international scholars that address significant international issues relative to sporting practices from a historical perspective. A variety of movement cultures are examined and …
Routledge History of American Sport
Av Linda J. Borish, David K. Wiggins m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
828 kr
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The Routledge History of American Sport provides the first comprehensive overview of historical research in American sport from the early Colonial period to the present day. Considering sport through innovative themes and topics such as the business of sport, material culture and sport, the …
Games and Sporting Events in History
Organisations, Performances and Impact
Av Annette Hofmann, Gerald R. Gems m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
2576 kr
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Games and Sporting Events in History offers a broad global perspective on sports and games in Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia. A diverse set of topics covers education, medicine, therapy, body culture, gender, race, cross cultural flow, and political issues from the late nineteenth century …
Global Perspectives on Sport and Physical Cultures
Av Annette Hofmann, Gerald R. Gems m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
2576 kr
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Global Perspectives of Sport and Physical Culture is a compilation of diverse essays derived from the works of prominent international scholars that address significant international issues relative to sporting practices from a historical perspective. A variety of movement cultures are examined and …
Routledge History of American Sport
Av Linda J. Borish, David K. Wiggins m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
3890 kr
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The Routledge History of American Sport provides the first comprehensive overview of historical research in American sport from the early Colonial period to the present day. Considering sport through innovative themes and topics such as the business of sport, material culture and sport, the …
Routledge History of American Sport
Av Gerald R. Gems, David K. Wiggins m. fl.
E-bok, 2016
981 kr
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The Routledge History of American Sport provides the first comprehensive overview of historical research in American sport from the early Colonial period to the present day. Considering sport through innovative themes and topics such as the business of sport, material culture and sport, the …
Routledge History of American Sport
Av Gerald R. Gems, David K. Wiggins m. fl.
E-bok, 2016
981 kr
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The Routledge History of American Sport provides the first comprehensive overview of historical research in American sport from the early Colonial period to the present day. Considering sport through innovative themes and topics such as the business of sport, material culture and sport, the …
Boxing
A Concise History of the Sweet Science
Inbunden, 2014
701 kr
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Sports fans have long been fascinated with boxing and the brutal demonstration of physical and psychological conflict. Accounts of the sport appear as far back as the third millennium BC, and Greek and Roman sculptors depicted the athletic ideals of the ancient era in the form of boxers. In the …
Sports and Aging
A Prescription for Longevity
Inbunden, 2022
1118 kr
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Named a 2023 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleIn Sports and Aging a wide-ranging group of physically active people, including many scholar-athletes, fifty years and older, discuss sports in the context of aging and their own athletic experiences. This collection of personal accounts includes a …
Sports and Aging
A Prescription for Longevity
Häftad, 2022
334 kr
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Named a 2023 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleIn Sports and Aging a wide-ranging group of physically active people, including many scholar-athletes, fifty years and older, discuss sports in the context of aging and their own athletic experiences. This collection of personal accounts includes a …
Sport and the American Occupation of the Philippines
Bats, Balls, and Bayonets
Inbunden, 2016
1239 kr
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This interdisciplinary case study invokes historical, sociological, and anthropological means to examine the ascendance of the United States to a world power in its first imperial venture. In the aftermath of the Spanish-American War of 1898 the U.S. acquired and occupied the Philippine Islands for …
