Encyclopedia of Traditional British Rural Sports
Title | Encyclopedia of Traditional British Rural Sports PDF eBook |
Author | Tony Collins |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780415352246 |
Providing a social, economic and political study of field sports and those other activities and customs labelled as rural sports, from the earliest of times to the present day in all of the United Kingdom and Ireland. This book brings together several distinct types of traditional rural sports with particular emphasis on the social history and 'traditional' aspects. It contains several hundred entries focusing on individual sports and others providing analysis of key concepts, themes and terminologies. The Encyclopedia of Traditional British Rural Sports is an invaluable reference that provides students, scholars and sports enthusiasts with a focussed and authoritative source of information on the history and culture of rural sport in Britain.
Encyclopedia of British Sport
Title | Encyclopedia of British Sport PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Cox |
Publisher | ABC-CLIO |
Pages | 512 |
Release | 2000-12-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
"Includes entries on: individual sports, from football to fencing and polo to pigeon racing; the London Marathon, the Grand National, the Isle of Man TT races, the Olympic Games, the F.A. Cup, Test Matches, the Boat Race, Wimbledon, Wembley Stadium and much more; key issues such as fair play, gender, racism, commercialization, professionalism, alcohol and drugs; the sociology, psychology and language of sport; and sport in drama, film, literature and the visual arts."--BOOK JACKET.
Encyclopedia of British Football
Title | Encyclopedia of British Football PDF eBook |
Author | Richard William Cox |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Pages | 408 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780714652498 |
This reference work aims to provide sports enthusiasts, journalists, librarians, students and scholars with an authorative source of information on a comprehensive range of subjects covering the history and organization of football in Britain. Over 250 entries focus on key organisations or individuals, famous clubs, major competitions, events, venues and incidents, institutions and organisations as well as key issues such as gender, racism, commercialization, professionalism and drugs, alcohol and football.
Encyclopedia of World Sport
Title | Encyclopedia of World Sport PDF eBook |
Author | David Levinson |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 508 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0195131959 |
Spanning the wide world of sports, this volume is packed with every conceivable fact that anyone would possibly want to know about nearly 300 sports, including history and practice worldwide.
Encyclopedia of British Football
Title | Encyclopedia of British Football PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Cox |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 404 |
Release | 2020-07-24 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1000144143 |
This reference work aims to provide sports enthusiasts, journalists, librarians, students and scholars with an authorative source of information on a comprehensive range of subjects covering the history and organization of football in Britain. Over 250 entries focus on key organisations or individuals, famous clubs, major competitions, events, venues and incidents, institutions and organisations as well as key issues such as gender, racism, commercialization, professionalism and drugs, alcohol and football.
The Encyclopaedia of Sport
Title | The Encyclopaedia of Sport PDF eBook |
Author | Hedley Peek |
Publisher | |
Pages | 732 |
Release | 1897 |
Genre | Fishing |
ISBN |
British Sport
Title | British Sport PDF eBook |
Author | Richard William Cox |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 9780714652504 |
Volume three of a bibliography documenting all that has been written in the English language on the history of sport and physical education in Britain. It lists all secondary source material including reference works, in a classified order to meet the needs of the sports historian.