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Sport in Africa : essays in social history / edited by William J. Baker and James A. Mangan.

Van Pelt Library GV665 .S66 1987
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Baker, William J. (William Joseph), 1938-
Mangan, J. A.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Sports--Africa--History.
Sports.
History.
Africa.
Physical Description:
309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
New York ; London : Africana Pub. Co., 1987.
Contents:
Games and sport in pre-colonial African societies / John Blacking
The wrestling tradition and its social functions / Sigrid Paul
The biggest game of all / Thomas Q. Reese
Imperial administration and the athletic imperative / Anthony Kirk-Greene
Sport and African soldiers / Anthony Clayton
Ethics and ethnocentricity / James A. Mangan
Hunting in Eastern and Central Africa in the late nineteenth century, with special reference to Zimbabwe / John M. MacKenzie
Pugilism and pathology / Terence Ranger
Africa's triple heritage of play / Ali A. Mazrui
An exceptional case / Robert Archer
Sport as an instrument of political expansion / Baruch A. Hazan
Political games / William J. Baker.
ISBN:
0841909067
0841909407
OCLC:
15107411

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