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East African Running - Toward a Cross-Disciplinary Perspective (Paperback, New edition) Loot Price: R2,039
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East African Running - Toward a Cross-Disciplinary Perspective (Paperback, New edition): Yannis Pitsiladis

East African Running - Toward a Cross-Disciplinary Perspective (Paperback, New edition)

Yannis Pitsiladis; Foreword by Norman Myers; Edited by John Bale, Craig Sharp, Tim Noakes

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What makes East African middle and long distance runners the best in the world? How should contemporary academia approach this question?

The success of East African distance runners has generated a plethora of studies but much of the 'evidence' presented to support hypotheses is anecdotal, arguments being led by non-academics who use popular media as their medium rather than relying on scientific publications. This has resulted in many stereotypical arguments being advocated.

Within the academic community, research has also been restricted by its isolation within either the natural science or social science communities. East African Running: Towards a Cross Disciplinary Perspective, presents a rare collaboration between researchers from the sports sciences and social sciences to explore the questions raised by the phenomena of East African success on the track. The text includes:

  • psycho-social and economic explanations
  • physiological and genetic explanations
  • attempts to provide unified theories bringing together ideas from natural and social sciences

Includes contributions from John Bale, Jim Denison, Timothy D. Noakes and Craig Sharp.

General

Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: December 2006
First published: April 2007
Editors: Yannis Pitsiladis
Foreword by: Norman Myers
Editors: John Bale • Craig Sharp • Tim Noakes
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: New edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-37788-1
Categories: Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Track & field sports, athletics > General
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LSN: 0-415-37788-9
Barcode: 9780415377881

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