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Mixed Martial Arts : A History from Ancient Fighting Sports to the UFC.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jennings, L. A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mixed martial arts--History.
- Mixed martial arts.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (261 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2021.
- Other Title:
- MMA : a history from ancient fighting sports to the Ultimate Fighting Championship
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2021.
- Summary:
- This book is a fascinating history of mixed martial arts, from ancient fighting sports to the present day. It examines the growth and development of the different sports and features vignettes of famous moments in fighting history alongside stories of the fighters themselves.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Ancient Fighting Sports
- 2 Putting the 'Martial' in Martial Arts
- 3 Colonizing Martial Arts
- 4 Fighting around the World
- 5 Globalization, Media, and MMA
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-8184-624-4
- 9798765154922
- 1-5381-4196-5
- OCLC:
- 1241446575
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