Sports around the world : history, culture, and practice

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Sports around the world : history, culture, and practice

John Nauright, Charles Parrish, editors ; Dean Allen ... [et al.], regional editors

ABC-CLIO, c2012

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  • v. 1
  • v. 2
  • v. 3

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Vol. 1. General topics, Africa, Asia, Middle East, and Oceania -- v. 2. British Isles and Europe -- v. 3. Latin America and North America

Vol. 2: Timothy J.L. Chandler ... [et al.], regional editors

Vol. 3: Charles Parrish, Amanda Schweinbenz, John Nauright, regional editors

Includes bibliographical references and index

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This multivolume set is much more than a collection of essays on sports and sporting cultures from around the world: it also details how and why sports are played wherever they exist, and examines key charismatic athletes from around the world who have transcended their sports. Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice provides a unique, global overview of sports and sports cultures. Unlike most works of this type, this book provides both essays that examine general topics, such as globalization and sport, international relations and sport, and tourism and sport, as well as essays on sports history, culture, and practice in world regions-for example, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, Europe, and Oceania-in order to provide a more global perspective. These essays are followed by entries on specific sports, world athletes, stadiums and arenas, famous games and matches, and major controversies. Spanning topics as varied as modern professional cycling to the fictional movie Rocky to the deadly ball game of the ancient Mayans, the first three volumes contain overview essays and entries for specific sports that have been and are currently practiced around the world. The fourth volume provides a compendium of information on the winners of major sporting competitions from around the world. Readers will gain invaluable insights into how sports have been enjoyed throughout all of human culture, and more fully comprehend their cultural contexts. The entries provide suggestions for further reading on each topic-helpful to general readers, students with school projects, university students and academics alike. Additionally, the four-volume Sports Around the World spotlights key charismatic athletes who have changed a sport or become more than just an outstanding player. Nearly 900 entries cover most aspects of sport from around the world Contributions from more than 200 distinguished scholars, such as Mark Dyreson, Henning Eichberg, Malcolm MacLean, S.W. Pope, and Rob Ruck Entries on players, stadiums, arenas, famous games and matches, major scandals, and disasters Lists of Olympic medalists for all events since 1896 as well as lists of winners of major events such as the FIFA World Cup and MLB World Series Further reading selections provide direction for in-depth analysis of each event, sport, personality, or issue discussed

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