Sports History: A Practical Guide - Softcover

Polley, Martin

 
9781403940759: Sports History: A Practical Guide
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1403940754 ISBN 13: 9781403940759
Verlag: Red Globe Press, 2006

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Why should we study the history of sport? What primary sources do sports historians use? How can you make your own sports history work more sophisticated and professional?

If you are studying sport or history, and are looking for a deeper appreciation of the ideas and methods involved in the historical study of sport, then this book is essential reading. Through themed chapters, Martin Polley explores:

- the nature of sports history
- the importance of the past in contemporary sport
- the types of primary evidence that sports historians use.

With numerous practical exercises designed to bring sports history to life, a glossary and extensive guidance to further resources, this indispensable book will enhance your understanding and enjoyment of sports history.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

MARTIN POLLEY is Senior Lecturer in Sport at the University of Southampton, UK. He is the author of Routledge's bestselling sports history textbook Moving the Goalposts: A History of Sport and Society since 1945 (1998), and editor of the five-volume The History of Sport in Britain, 1880-1914 (2004).

Visit Martin Polley's blog at: www.palgrave.typepad.com/polley

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Why should we study the history of sport? What primary sources do sports historians use? How can you make your own sports history work more sophisticated and professional?

If you are studying sport or history, and are looking for a deeper appreciation of the ideas and methods involved in the historical study of sport, then this book is essential reading. Through themed chapters, Martin Polley explores:

- the nature of sports history
- the importance of the past in contemporary sport
- the types of primary evidence that sports historians use.

With numerous practical exercises designed to bring sports history to life, a glossary and extensive guidance to further resources, this indispensable book will enhance your understanding and enjoyment of sports history.

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Verlag
Red Globe Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2006
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1403940754
ISBN 13 
9781403940759
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
208
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