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Still, if the history of professional, spectator, global sport substantiates theories of social discipline, colonization, globalization, and other forms of hegemony, it also brings into view the complexity and ambiguities stemming from the transformative impulses that in formed its development and spread.
May 4, 2017 · Abstract. Orwell was wrong. Sports are not “war without the shooting,” nor are they “war by other means.”. Although sports have generated animosity throughout human history, they also require rules. Those rules limit violence, even death. Thus sports have been a significant part of a historical “civilizing process.”.
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Jan 1, 2011 · Abstract. Sporting contests have provided mass entertainment throughout history. Ancient Mesoamericans had their ball games, the Greeks had the Olympic Games, and the Romans had many spectator sports such as gladiatorial contests and chariot races. As pointed out by George Orwell in the mid-twentieth century quote above, present-day versions of ...
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Edelman, Robert. Author. Edited by Oxford University Press - 2017. "The Oxford handbook of sports history"provides a comprehensive and rigorous survey of the field of sports history, proving that sports are not only the opposite of war but have also been a significant part of a historical civilizing process. With contributions from thirty-seven ...
Sep 3, 2012 · PDF | Gold, J.R. and Gold, M.M. (2012) ‘Olympic Games of 1948 (London)’, in J. Nauright and C. Parrish, eds. Sports Around the World: History, Culture,... | Find, read and cite all the ...
Undoubtedly the first and most important sports-media development during this era was the inclusion of sports reports in newspapers. "One of the earliest known sports stories appeared in the Boston Gazette on March 5, 1733. It was a description of a prize fight held in England, and it was copied from a London
British historians have also produced an array of important studies outlining tural, social, and economic history of different sports. Most importantly, these have shown that sport was an active rather than passive agent in social and cultural. helped shape how people thought of the world rather than just reflect society's.
