The First Five Millennia
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/09/2007
This is a lively cultural history of world sports from antiquity to the present. 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.
- ISBN:
- 9781558496101
- 9781558496101
- Category:
- Sports & outdoor recreation
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 01-09-2007
- Publisher:
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 464
- Dimensions (mm):
- 225x152x32mm
- Weight:
- 0.69kg
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