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A Cultural History of Sport in the Age of Industry / edited by Mike Huggins.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Cultural histories series
- Cultural history of sport ; 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports--History.
- Sports.
- History.
- Sports--Social aspects--History.
- Sports and state--History.
- Sports and state.
- Sports--Social aspects.
- Cultural History (History).
- Cultural Sociology (Sociology).
- Sociology of Sport and Leisure (Sociology).
- Local Subjects:
- Cultural History (History).
- Cultural Sociology (Sociology).
- History.
- Sociology of Sport and Leisure (Sociology).
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- A Cultural History of Sport in the Age of Industry covers the period 1800 to 1920. Over this period, sport become increasingly global, some sports were radically altered, sports clubs proliferated, and new team games--such as baseball, basketball, and the various forms of football--were created, codified, commercialized, and professionalized. Yet this was also an age of cultural and political tensions, when issues around the role of women, social class, ethnicity and race, imperial relationships, nation-building, and amateur and professional approaches were all shaping sport. At the same time, increasing urbanization, population, real wages, and leisure time drove demand for sport ever higher, and the institutionalization and regulation of sport accelerated. The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Sport presents the first comprehensive history from classical antiquity to today, covering all forms and aspects of sport and its ever-changing social, cultural, political, and economic context and impact. The themes covered in each volume are the purpose of sport; sporting time and sporting space; products, training, and technology; rules and order; conflict and accommodation; inclusion, exclusion, and segregation; minds, bodies, and identities; representation.
- Notes:
- Online resource; description from resource and publisher's metadata (viewed on 20 November 2021).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781350183032
- 1350183032
- OCLC:
- 1285918060
- Publisher Number:
- 196578
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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