Sports in the Western WorldRowman and Littlefield, 1982 - 360 sider Traces the history of sports from the original Greek Olympics to the development of professional team sports and considers the business and political aspects of sports. |
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... towns such as Manchester , Birmingham , Sheffield , Bradford , Bolton , and Leeds into sprawling industrial cities . Liverpool , a port city through which raw cotton passed on its way to the mills and returned as finished cloth ...
... towns such as Manchester , Birmingham , Sheffield , Bradford , Bolton , and Leeds into sprawling industrial cities . Liverpool , a port city through which raw cotton passed on its way to the mills and returned as finished cloth ...
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... towns was played out on the diamond . Ohio was a microcosm of small - town America . " The game is truly a national one , " observed the popular Spirit of the Times in 1873 : " In every little town and hamlet throughout the country we ...
... towns was played out on the diamond . Ohio was a microcosm of small - town America . " The game is truly a national one , " observed the popular Spirit of the Times in 1873 : " In every little town and hamlet throughout the country we ...
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... towns it was the only winter sport . Young and old alike competed for local honors until the turn of the century , when youths turned to the thrills and vigorous exercise of new ski slopes and ice - hockey rinks . Long an essential mode ...
... towns it was the only winter sport . Young and old alike competed for local honors until the turn of the century , when youths turned to the thrills and vigorous exercise of new ski slopes and ice - hockey rinks . Long an essential mode ...
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vii FROM RITUAL TO RECREATION THE BEGINNINGS OF SPORT | 1 |
The Competitive Impulse 2 Organized Greek Games 3 The Decline and Fall of Athletics | 3 |
Medieval People at Play | 42 |
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