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Ritual and Record: Sports Records and Quantification in Pre-Modern Societies - Contributions to the Study of World History
John M. Carter
Ritual and Record: Sports Records and Quantification in Pre-Modern Societies - Contributions to the Study of World History
John M. Carter
This volume expands the debate over the origins and purposes of sports records. After introductions by Guttmann and the editors, the book proceeds on a chronological study of evidence of sports records in ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, medieval England, the Renaissance, Tudor and Elizabethan England, pre-modern Hawaii, and pre-modern Japan.
186 pages, black & white illustrations
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | September 25, 1990 |
ISBN13 | 9780313256998 |
Publishers | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
Pages | 184 |
Dimensions | 156 × 235 × 14 mm · 454 g |
Language | English |
Editor | Carter, John Marshall |
Editor | Kruger, A. |