{"product_id":"the-field-9780415282284","title":"The Field","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2006 North American Society for Sports History Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe literature on sport history is now well established, taking in a wide range of themes and covering every activity from aerobics to zorbing. However, in comparison to most mainstream histories, sport history has rarely been called upon to question its foundations and account for the basis of its historical knowledge. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Booth offers a rigorous assessment of sport history as an academic discipline, exploring the ways in which professional historians can gather materials, construct and examine evidence, and present their arguments about the sporting past. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 1 examines theories of knowledge, while Part 2 goes on to scrutinize the uses of historical knowledge in popular and academic studies of sport history. With clear structure, examples, summary tables and a detailed glossary, \u003cem\u003eThe Field\u003c\/em\u003e provides students, teachers and researchers with an unparalleled\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrologue:\u003c\/strong\u003e An Introduction to Sport Historiography.\u003cstrong\u003e Part I: Models. \u003c\/strong\u003eIntroduction to Part I 2. Facts, Objectivity, and Interpretation: Truth in Sport History 3. Facts, Concepts, and Structures: Theory in Sport History 4. Narratives, Non-narratives, and Fiction: Presenting the Sporting Past 5. Remnants of the Past: Sources, Evidence, and Traces in Sport History \u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Explanatory Paradigms. \u003c\/strong\u003eIntroduction to Part II 6. Advocacy: Debunking Myths 7. Comparison: Expanding the Evidence 8. Causation: Explaining Determinants 9. Social Change: Explaining Transformations 10. Context: Interpreting the Big Picture 11. New Culture: Interpreting Language and Discourse \u003cstrong\u003eEpilogue:\u003c\/strong\u003e Towards an Alternative Model? Glossary.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018126557527,"sku":"9780415282284","price":58.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415282284.jpg?v=1750775722","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-field-9780415282284","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}