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Sport Norman Barrett

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Sport Norman Barrett

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Zusammenfassung

Part of a series showing how basic elements of our civilization have been developed from their earliest beginnings to the present, with examples of innovation and evolution from many countries. This book traces the story of sport from the earliest games to today's global competitions.

Sport Zusammenfassung

Sport: Players, Games and Spectacle Norman Barrett

Part of a series showing how basic elements of our civilization have been developed from their earliest beginnings to the present, with examples of innovation and evolution from many countries. New discoveries are related to the social and political needs that inspired them and to the technologies that made them possible. This book traces the story of sport from the earliest games to today's global competitions and looks at future sports. A colour poster is included inside the jacket.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Origins of sport - spears and arrows, running, hunting, bull-leaping, boxing, hammer-throwing, polo; Ancient Greece - gatherings, religious festivals, the first olympics, Pankration; Ancient Rome - bread and circuses, gladiators, the Colosseum, circus maximus, Bestiarii, the tepidarium; East and West - martial arts, self-defence, Aztecs, Mayas, baggatawy, kyudo, kendo, sumo wrestling, kite-flying; middle ages - knights, jousting, tournaments, mob football, archery; renaissance - leisure activities, tennis, palla, real tennis, fencing, skating; modern sports - kolven, golf, featheries, pell-mell, billiards, coffee houses, cricket, rowing, early baseball, tennis; animals - chariot racing, hunting and shooting, bull fighting, fox hunting, leaping contests, tiger hunting; team sports - football codes, baseball, rugby, women cricketers, basketball; gatherings - first modern Olympics, highland games, Wimbledon, badmington; making rules - tenpin bowling, Queensberry rules, fencing, duelling; wheels - cycle racing, penny-farthing, motor racing, motorbikes; water sports - swimming, rowing, diving, sailing kayaks; winning women - tennis, figure skating, drag racing, swimming the English Channel; heroes - superstars, live radio, Paavo Nurmi, Babe Ruth, professionals; world stage - international sport, politics, Berlin Olympics, First World Cup; war and peace - the Iron Curtain, racial prejudice, advertising, four-minute mile; power games - American football, live television, Olympic water polo; the Olympics - Munich '72, terrorism, boycotts; Olympic flame, professionalism; winter sports - skiing, skating, refrigerated rinks, winter Olympics, tobogganing, ski-jumping, bobsled, ice hockey; modern age - big business, sponsorship, advertising, fallen idols; speed - sprinting, drag racing, golf, records, jai alai, technology; dress and equipment - lycra, silk, sports clothes for women, manufacturers, racing cars; technology - safety in sport, Victorian gym equipment, making tennis rackets, racing driver's outfit; the future - new games, earthball, gladiators, virtual reality; timeline.

Zusätzliche Informationen

GOR004145090
9780749610821
0749610824
Sport: Players, Games and Spectacle Norman Barrett
Norman Barrett
Timelines
Gebraucht - Sehr Gut
Gebundene Ausgabe
Hachette Children's Group
1993-03-25
48
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