Ebook Sports in World History: Part 1

Sports in World History Why are human beings athletes? How did the sports we know today develop in the world? Modern sports emerged from a background of traditional sports in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These sports were a product of the industrial revolution, the scientific revolution and urbanization. This lively and clear survey provides a wide-ranging overview of the history of modern sports, covering such topics as: • How the major modern sports came about and how they spread throughout the world with the help of enthusiastic individuals, sports organizations, the YMCA and the Olympic movement • Discussions of some of the most popular modern world sports including: soccer, basketball, baseball, cricket, table tennis, tennis, formula one racing, golf, swimming, skiing, volleyball, track and field, boxing, judo and cycling. These are among the most popular, although there are some 300 sports in the world • The history of both Western and non-Western sports in depth, as well as the increasing globalization of sports today • The challenges facing the world of sports today, such as commer-cialization and the use of performance-enhancing drugs David G. McComb is Emeritus Professor of History at Colorado State University, where he taught courses in world history and sports history. He is the author of Sports: An Illustrated History (1999). Themes in World History Series editor: Peter N. Stearns The Themes in World History series offers focused treatment of a range of human experiences and institutions in the world history context. The purpose is to provide serious, if brief, discussions of important topics as additions to textbook coverage and document collections. The treatments will allow students to probe particular facets of the human story in greater depth than textbook coverage allows, and to gain a fuller sense of historians’ analytical methods and debates in the process. Each topic is handled over time – allowing discussions of changes and continuities. Each topic is assessed in terms of a range of different societies and religions – allowing comparisons of relevant similarities and differences. Each book in the series helps readers deal with world history in action, evaluating global contexts as they work through some of the key components of human society and human life. Gender in World History Peter N. Stearns Consumerism in World History: The Global Transformation of Desire Peter N. Stearns Warfare in World History Michael S. Neiberg Disease and Medicine in World History Sheldon Watts Western Civilization in World History Peter N. Stearns The Indian Ocean in World History Milo Kearney Asian Democracy in World History Alan T. Wood Revolutions in World History Michael D. Richards Migration in World History Patrick Manning Sports in World History David G. McComb The United States in World History Edward J. Davies II Sports in World History David G. McComb First published 2004 by Taylor & Francis Inc. 270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 Simultaneously published in the UK by Routledge 2 Milton Park, Park Square, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2004. © 2004 David G. McComb All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data McComb, David G. Sports in world history / by David G. McComb. p. cm. — (Themes in world history) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Sports—History. 2. World history . I. Title. II. Series. GV571.M37 2004 796¢.09—dc22 2004003808 ISBN 0-203-69701-4 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-69775-8 (Adobe eReader Format) ISBN 0–415–31811–4 (hbk) ISBN 0–415–31812–2 (pbk) ... - tailieumienphi.vn