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Encyclopedia of World Sport: From Ancient Times to the Present Hardcover - 1999

by David Levinson (Editor); Karen Christensen (Editor)

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Spanning the wide world of sports, this volume is packed with everything you could possibly want to know about hundreds of sports. Along with detailed information on how sports are played around the world, the Encyclopedia of World Sport explores emotions and issues surrounding the sporting
life and looks at sport as an essential part of the human experience. Readers will find fascinating entries on baseball and badminton, tennis and takraw, as well as on an incredible range of activities played around the globe from ancient times up to the present. Lucid and authoritative, this
work--called "the newest sporting bible" by The Times of London--covers every Olympic sport, obscure activities such as buzkashi and jousting, and indigenous games in dozens of nations.
In addition to its coverage of individual sports, the Encyclopedia examines the history and evolution of sport as a societal institution as well as the events and influences shaping the contemporary sporting world. Entries provide unique coverage of aggression, ethics, sports psychology, media, law
and medicine, the development of women's sports, and the business and politics of modern sport. The Encyclopedia of World Sport is the definitive reference on the history, practice, and culture of sports throughout the world.

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  • Title Encyclopedia of World Sport: From Ancient Times to the Present
  • Author David Levinson (Editor); Karen Christensen (Editor)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st
  • Pages 512
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, NY:
  • Date July 22, 1999
  • ISBN 9780195131956 / 0195131959
  • Weight 2.44 lbs (1.11 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.29 x 7.41 x 1.62 in (26.14 x 18.82 x 4.11 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Sports - Encyclopedias
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98027052
  • Dewey Decimal Code 796.03

About the author


About the Editors:
David Levinson is an anthropologist, editor in chief of the Encyclopedia of World Cultures, and a specialist in multicultural research. Karen Christensen is a journalist, professional reference book editor, and author of several environmental books. They both live in Massachusetts. Editorial Board: John Bale, Keele University, UK; Alyce Cheska, University of Illinois, Champaign Urbana; Garry Chick, University of Illinois, Champaign Urbana; Allen Guttmann, Amherst College; Richard Holt, Catholic University, Leuven, Belgium; Donald G. Kyle, University of Texas, Arlington; John
W. Loy, University of Otago, New Zealand; Roberta J. Park, University of California, Berkeley. Contributors include leading sports historians, sociologists, anthropologists, geographers, and other scholars from around the world.
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