What's cricket? And what's not? Find out in a brand-new reference work that gives you a complete overview of athletic endeavors and sporting competitions in Britain from their earliest origins to the present day: Encyclopedia of British Sport. The English like to think that they invented good sportsmanship and fair play. This encyclopedia presents concise histories of each sport and covers key organizations, famous clubs, and major competitions, venues, and incidents. The Encyclopedia of British Sport is an authoritative ...
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What's cricket? And what's not? Find out in a brand-new reference work that gives you a complete overview of athletic endeavors and sporting competitions in Britain from their earliest origins to the present day: Encyclopedia of British Sport. The English like to think that they invented good sportsmanship and fair play. This encyclopedia presents concise histories of each sport and covers key organizations, famous clubs, and major competitions, venues, and incidents. The Encyclopedia of British Sport is an authoritative source of information on the history and culture of sport in Britain. It contains more than 300 entries, covering institutions, contemporary issues (gender, commercialization), social perspectives (sociology and psychology), important relationships (alcohol and sport, language and terminology), and unusual subjects (myths, sporting eccentrics). Special features include: -- Coverage of sport in its social, economic, and political contexts. -- Subjects never before discussed in a reference work of this kind, such as sport in literature, film, and painting. -- Authoritative entries -- written by a team of more than 100 experts, from administrators, managers, and sports scientists to enthusiasts, journalists, physical education professionals, and academic researchers. -- Generous illustrations, sources for further research, and an index. -- Foreword by the internationally famous tennis star Tim Henman. The encyclopedia's highly readable A-to-Z coverage provides instant access to a wealth of information about British sport and answers such questions as: -- Who was the inventor of canoe polo? -- When was the first fell running race and where did it occur? -- Why and when did the game of rugby divide into Rugby Union and Rugby League? -- Why did the champion jockey Fred Archer take his own life? But that's only a small sampling of the enormous amount of information that can be found in the encyclopedia. There are entries on acrobatics, diving, Gaelic football, the Grand National, hockey, lawn tennis, the London Marathon, the Manx Grand Prix, the media, museums, the Olympic Games, polo, religion, Association Football (soccer), skating, cricket test matches, Wimbledon, Wembly Stadium, and a host of other subjects. Moreover, the encyclopedia's broad approach to sport makes it useful to a wide array of readers, from fans, sportswriters, and athletes to students, researchers, and commentators.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 850grams, ISBN: 9781851093342.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 850grams, ISBN: 9781851093342.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 850grams, ISBN: 9781851093342.