Badminton : An Illustrated History - From ancient pastime to Olympic sport
Author :
Publisher : Editions Publibook
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 47,37 MB
Release :
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ISBN : 2748381084
Penman of the Founding
Author : Jane E. Calvert
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 49,5 MB
Release : 2024
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0197541690
Book Description
"Early November on the Eastern Shore of Maryland is a fine time of year. The breezes off the Chesapeake Bay are sufficiently cool to turn the leaves vibrant but still mild enough to give hope for an Indian summer. In the 18th century fishermen could catch blue crab for a few more weeks; enslaved people, indentured servants, and farmers sowed the winter wheat; and women poured candles to see them through the impending winter. Although planters had long grown tobacco here, by 1732, the year John Dickinson was born, grains were more profitable as tobacco prices stagnated. Public tobacco houses still dotted the landscape, and the acrid smell of the drying weed seeped from black barns and mingled with the pungent scent of the Bay"--
Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News
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Publisher :
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 16,90 MB
Release : 1908
Category : Sports
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Book Description
Waterstone's Guide to Books
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 924 pages
File Size : 34,89 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Books
ISBN :
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The Sociology of Sports
Author : Tim Delaney
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 37,41 MB
Release : 2021-08-19
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1476644098
Book Description
This third edition takes a fresh approach to the study of sport, presenting key concepts such as socialization, race, ethnicity, gender, economics, religion, politics, deviance, violence, school sports and sportsmanship. While providing a critical examination of athletics, this text also highlights many of sports' positive features. This new edition includes significantly updated statistics, data and information along with updated popular culture references and real-world examples. Newly explored is the impact of several major world events that have left lasting effects on the sports realm, including a global pandemic (SARS-CoV-2, or Covid-19) and social movements like Black Lives Matter and Me Too. Another new topic is the "pay for play" movement, wherein college athletes demanded greater compensation and, at the very least, the right to profit from their own names, images and likenesses.
A Shot at History
Author : ABHINAV BINDRA. ROHIT BRIJNATH
Publisher : Harper Sport India
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 19,52 MB
Release : 2017-07-19
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ISBN : 9789352645756
Book Description
Abhinav Bindra's journey to become the first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold is an example of a single-minded quest for perfection. Shattered by his failure at the 2004 Athens Olympics, he changed as a shooter: he became an athlete bent on redemp
Waterstone's Guide to Books
Author : Waterstone & Co
Publisher :
Page : 942 pages
File Size : 42,59 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Books
ISBN :
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Global Corruption Report: Sport
Author : Transparency International
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 41,9 MB
Release : 2016-02-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1317443756
Book Description
Sport is a global phenomenon engaging billions of people and generating annual revenues of more than US$ 145 billion. Problems in the governance of sports organisations, fixing of matches and staging of major sporting events have spurred action on many fronts. Yet attempts to stop corruption in sport are still at an early stage. The Global Corruption Report (GCR) on sport is the most comprehensive analysis of sports corruption to date. It consists of more than 60 contributions from leading experts in the fields of corruption and sport, from sports organisations, governments, multilateral institutions, sponsors, athletes, supporters, academia and the wider anti-corruption movement. This GCR provides essential analysis for understanding the corruption risks in sport, focusing on sports governance, the business of sport, planning of major events, and match-fixing. It highlights the significant work that has already been done and presents new approaches to strengthening integrity in sport. In addition to measuring transparency and accountability, the GCR gives priority to participation, from sponsors to athletes to supporters an essential to restoring trust in sport.
Beyond a Boundary
Author : Cyril Lionel Robert James
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 29,53 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780822313830
Book Description
In C. L. R. James's classic Beyond a Boundary, the sport is cricket and the scene is the colonial West Indies. Always eloquent and provocative, James--the "black Plato," (as coined by the London Times)--shows us how, in the rituals of performance and conflict on the field, we are watching not just prowess but politics and psychology at play. Part memoir of a boyhood in a black colony (by one of the founding fathers of African nationalism), part passionate celebration of an unusual and unexpected game, Beyond a Boundary raises, in a warm and witty voice, serious questions about race, class, politics, and the facts of colonial oppression. Originally published in England in 1963 and in the United States twenty years later (Pantheon, 1983), this second American edition brings back into print this prophetic statement on race and sport in society.
Global Games
Author : Maarten van Bottenburg
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,28 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780252026546
Book Description
A detailed and coherent account of the social significance and the politics underlying sports, Global Games demonstrates that sports are not a trivial pursuit but are deeply embedded in the way individuals and nations wish to be perceived. Book jacket.
