Sport in World History – serie
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12 produkter
Skiing into Modernity
A Cultural and Environmental History
Häftad, 2014
271 kr
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Skiing into Modernity is the story of how skiing moved from Europe's Scandinavian periphery to the mountains of central Europe, where it came to define the modern Alps and set the standard for skiing across the world. Denning offers a fresh, sophisticated, and engaging cultural and environmental …
Country of Football
Soccer and the Making of Modern Brazil
Inbunden, 2014
1001 kr
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Soccer is the world's most popular sport, and the Brazilian national team is beloved around the planet for its beautiful playing style, the jogo bonito. With the most successful national soccer team in the history of the World Cup, Brazil is the only country to have played in every competition and …
Country of Football
Soccer and the Making of Modern Brazil
Häftad, 2014
343 kr
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Soccer is the world's most popular sport, and the Brazilian national team is beloved around the planet for its beautiful playing style, the jogo bonito. With the most successful national soccer team in the history of the World Cup, Brazil is the only country to have played in every competition and …
Empire in Waves
A Political History of Surfing
Inbunden, 2014
843 kr
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Surfing today evokes many things: thundering waves, warm beaches, bikinis and lifeguards, and carefree pleasure. But is the story of surfing really as simple as popular culture suggests? In this first international political history of the sport, Scott Laderman shows that while wave riding is …
Empire in Waves
A Political History of Surfing
Häftad, 2014
244 kr
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Surfing today evokes many things: thundering waves, warm beaches, bikinis and lifeguards, and carefree pleasure. But is the story of surfing really as simple as popular culture suggests? In this first international political history of the sport, Scott Laderman shows that while wave riding is …
Skiing into Modernity
A Cultural and Environmental History
Inbunden, 2014
1190 kr
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Skiing into Modernity is the story of how skiing moved from Europe's Scandinavian periphery to the mountains of central Europe, where it came to define the modern Alps and set the standard for skiing across the world. Denning offers a fresh, sophisticated, and engaging cultural and environmental …
ABC Sports
The Rise and Fall of Network Sports Television
Av Travis Vogan
Inbunden, 2018
843 kr
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ABC Sports shaped how the world consumes sport. The American Broadcasting Company's sports division is behind some of network television's most significant practices, celebrated personalities, and iconic moments. It created the weekend anthology Wide World of Sports, transformed professional …
ABC Sports
The Rise and Fall of Network Sports Television
Av Travis Vogan
Häftad, 2018
382 kr
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ABC Sports shaped how the world consumes sport. The American Broadcasting Company's sports division is behind some of network television's most significant practices, celebrated personalities, and iconic moments. It created the weekend anthology Wide World of Sports, transformed professional …
Sportsworld of the Hanshin Tigers
Professional Baseball in Modern Japan
Inbunden, 2018
843 kr
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Baseball has been Japan's most popular sport for over a century. The Sportsworld of the Hanshin Tigers analyzes Japanese baseball ethnographically by focusing on a single professional team, the Hanshin Tigers. For over fifty years, the Tigers have been the one of the country’s most watched and …
Sportsworld of the Hanshin Tigers
Professional Baseball in Modern Japan
Häftad, 2018
315 kr
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Baseball has been Japan's most popular sport for over a century. The Sportsworld of the Hanshin Tigers analyzes Japanese baseball ethnographically by focusing on a single professional team, the Hanshin Tigers. For over fifty years, the Tigers have been the one of the country’s most watched and …
Fastest Game in the World
Hockey and the Globalization of Sports
Inbunden, 2020
843 kr
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The untold story of hockey's deep roots from different regions of the world, and its global, cultural impact.Played on frozen ponds in cold northern lands, hockey seemed an especially unlikely game to gain a global following. But from its beginnings in the nineteenth century, the sport has drawn …
Fastest Game in the World
Hockey and the Globalization of Sports
Häftad, 2020
227 kr
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The untold story of hockey's deep roots from different regions of the world, and its global, cultural impact.Played on frozen ponds in cold northern lands, hockey seemed an especially unlikely game to gain a global following. But from its beginnings in the nineteenth century, the sport has drawn …
