Sports around the World: History, Culture, and Practice

Author John Nauright - Charles Parrishs

Publisher ABC-CLIO

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Author

John Nauright - Charles Parrishs

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ABC-CLIO

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2012

ISBN13

9781598843019

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eBook

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9th Grade - College Senior

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This multivolume set is much more than a collection of essays on sports and sporting cultures from around the world: it also details how and why sports are played wherever they exist, and examines key charismatic athletes from around the world who have transcended their sports.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Contents.
Alphabetical List of Entries.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction: The History, Culture, and Practice of Sports around the World.
1: General Topics.
2: Coaching in Sport.
3: Disabled and Sport.
4: Fédération Internationale de Football Association.
5: Globalization and Sport.
6: Imperialism and Sport.
7: International Olympic Committee.
8: International Relations and Sport.
9: Legal Liability in Sport.
10: Media and Sport.
11: Music and Sport.
12: Olympic Movement.
13: Philosophy of Sport.
14: Sexuality and Sports.
15: Sociology of Sport.
16: Sport Labor Migration.
17: Sport Psychology.
18: Sports Medicine.
19: Sports Museums and Heritage Collections.
20: Tourism and Sport.
21: United Nations and Sport.
22: Africa, Sub-Sahara.
23: Sports History, Culture, and Practice in Sub-Saharan Africa.
24: Accra Sports Stadium Disaster (Ghana).
25: African Games.
26: African Nations Cup, Association Football.
27: Antiapartheid Sports Movement (South Africa).
28: Apartheid and Sports in South Africa.
29: Association Football, Cameroon.
30: Association Football, Ghana.
31: Association Football, Nigeria.
32: Association Football, South Africa.
33: Association Football, Sub-Saharan Africa in General.
34: Association Football, Zambia.
35: Athletics, Kenya.
36: Athletics, Rest of Africa.
37: Athletics, South Africa.
38: Bantu Sports Club (Johannesburg, South Africa).
39: Baseball, South Africa.
40: Boxing, South Africa.
41: Commonwealth Games, African Nations.
42: Comrades Marathon (South Africa).
43: Cricket, Kenya.
44: Cricket, South Africa.
45: Cricket, Zimbabwe.
46: Dakar Rally.
47: Ellis Park Stadium Disaster (South Africa).
48: Field Hockey, South Africa.
49: Field Sports, South Africa.
50: FIFA World Cup of 2010 (South Africa).
51: Golf, Sub-Saharan Africa.
52: Hansie Cronje Match-Fixing Scandal (South Africa).
53: Imperialism and Sport, British Colonial Africa.
54: Jeux de la Francophonie o
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