TAILIEUCHUNG - Ebook Sports in World History: Part 1

(BQ) This lively and clear survey provides a wide-ranging overview of the history of modern sports, covering such topics as: Why human beings are athletes; 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 of the 300 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; 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 commercialization and the use of performance-enhancing drugs. | Sports in World History David G. McComb 0 Routledge Taylor Fra nds Croup NEW YORK AND LONDON Also available as a printed book see title verso for ISBN details 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 commercialization 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

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