Floodlights and touchlines : a history of spectator sport
Steen, Rob2015
Book
This title covers the main themes, events and issues in the history of sport over the last 200 years. Written in an accessible style in short, themed chapters, it covers everything from bare-knuckle boxing to global mega-events like the FIFA World Cup. In addition there are short biographies of ten key sportsmen and women in history that illustrate the controversies that have wracked sport down the ages.
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Author:
Steen, Rob, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2015.London : Bloomsbury, 2015.
Collation:
xiii, 785 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2014.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781472922212 (pbk)
Dewey class:
796.09
Language:
English
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BRN:
1737219