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Shortlisted by the North American Society for Sport History for its 2022 Anthologies Award

From gladiatorial combat to knightly tournaments and from hunting to games and gambling, sport has been central to human culture. A Cultural History of Sport presents the first extensive history from classical antiquity to today, covering all forms and aspects of sport.

Chapter 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. The 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.

The six volumes cover: 1 Antiquity (800 BCE to 600 CE); 2 Medieval Age (600 to 1450); 3 Renaissance (1450

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      Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Publication Date: 7/25/2024
      ISBN13: 9781350461062, 978-1350461062
      ISBN10: 1350461067
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Shortlisted by the North American Society for Sport History for its 2022 Anthologies Award

      From gladiatorial combat to knightly tournaments and from hunting to games and gambling, sport has been central to human culture. A Cultural History of Sport presents the first extensive history from classical antiquity to today, covering all forms and aspects of sport.

      Chapter 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. The 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.

      The six volumes cover: 1 Antiquity (800 BCE to 600 CE); 2 Medieval Age (600 to 1450); 3 Renaissance (1450

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