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Sports : an illustrated history / David G. McComb.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McComb, David G.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports--History--Juvenile literature.
- Sports.
- Recreation--History.
- Recreation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (144 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, c1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Surveys the history of athletic competition from the time of ancient civilizations through the twentieth century.
- Contents:
- What is sport?
- The world of traditional sport and early civilizations
- Greek and Roman athletics
- The sports of early western civilization
- The sports of empire
- Participants and sports
- The great spectator sports of North America
- The world of sports.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 132-135) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-76081-8
- 0-19-802614-5
- 1-4237-4198-6
- OCLC:
- 252640847
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