{"product_id":"a-cultural-history-of-sport-9781350024106","title":"A Cultural History of Sport","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted by the \u003ci\u003eNorth American Society for Sport History\u003c\/i\u003e for its 2022 Anthologies Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom gladiatorial combat to knightly tournaments and from hunting to games and gambling, sport has been central to human culture. \u003ci\u003eA Cultural History of Sport\u003c\/i\u003e presents the first extensive history from classical antiquity to today, covering all forms and aspects of sport. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter titles are identical across each of the volumes. This gives the choice of reading about a specific period in one of the volumes, or following a theme across history by reading the relevant chapter in each of the six. Themes (and chapter titles) are: the purpose of sport; sporting time and sporting space; products, training and technology; rules and order; conflict and accommodation; inclusion, exclusion and segregation; minds, bodies and identities; representation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe six volumes cover: 1  Antiquity (800 BCE to 600 CE); 2  Medieval Age (600 to 1450); 3  Renaissance (1450\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407498682711,"sku":"9781350024106","price":451.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350024106.jpg?v=1730499581","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-cultural-history-of-sport-9781350024106","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}