Allen Guttmann

Broschiertes Buch

Sports

The First Five Millennia

Beschreibung

From ancient Egyptian archery and medieval Japanese football to contemporary American baseball, every sport has been shaped by--and in turn has helped shape--the culture of which it is part, Yet as Allen Guttmann shows in this far-ranging study, for all their differences sports have followed a similar historical trajectory from traditional to modern forms. In Sports: The First Five Millennia, Guttmann traces this evolution across continents, cultures, and historical epochs to construct a single comprehensive narrative of the world's sports.

Autor

Allen Guttman teaches at Amherst College. Among his many books on the history of sports are From Ritual to Record: The Nature of Modern Sports (1978), Women's Sports: A History (1991), Games and Empires (1994), and The Olympics: A History of the Modern Games (2002).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Massachusetts Press
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 152mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 621g
• ISBN-13: 9781558496101
• ISBN-10: 1558496106
• Artikelnr.: 22899571