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The Oxford Handbook of Sports History (Hardcover)
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The Oxford Handbook of Sports History (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Handbooks
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Orwell was wrong. Sports are not "war without the shooting", nor
are they "war by other means." To be sure sports have generated
animosity throughout human history, but they also require rules to
which the participants agree to abide before the contest. Among
other things, those rules are supposed to limit violence, even
death. More than anything else, sports have been a significant part
of a historical "civilizing process." They are the opposite of war.
As the historical profession has taken its cultural turn over the
last few decades, scholars have turned their attention to subject
once seen as marginal. As researchers have come to understand the
centrality of the human body in human history, they have come to
study this most corporeal of human activities. Taking early cues
from physical educators and kinesiologists, historians have been
exploring sports in all their forms in order to help us answer the
most fundamental questions to which scholars have devoted their
lives. We have now seen a veritable explosion excellent work on
this subject, just as sports have assumed an even greater share of
a globalizing world's cultural, political and economic space.
Practiced by millions and watched by billions, sports provide an
enormous share of content on the Internet. This volume combines the
efforts of sports historians with essays by historians whose
careers have been devoted to more traditional topics. We want to
show how sports have evolved from ancient societies to the world we
inhabit today. Our goal is to introduce those from outside this
sub-field to this burgeoning body of scholarship. At the same time,
we hope here to show those who may want to study sport with rigor
and nuance how to embark on a rewarding journey and tackle profound
matters that have affected and will affect all of humankind.
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