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Sports History: A Practical Guide
Martin Polley
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Description for Sports History: A Practical Guide
Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; WS. Category: (ES) Secondary; (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781403940742
SKU
V9781403940742
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Ref
99-2
About Martin Polley
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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