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Sports Around the World

John Nauright

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Description:"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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Sports Around the World. To get started finding Sports Around the World, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: "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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Sports Around the World. To get started finding Sports Around the World, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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