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The dominance of Britain as a world power during this time had a particularly powerful effect in sports, as it organized many Western sports with specific rules, and repressed the traditional sports and games of regions it colonized such as Africa.

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Based on reports from 19th century explorers, museum artifacts, and other historical documents, the rules, equipment, and diagrams as they are currently understood are provided here for readers, along with suggestions for adapting these sports and games for modern times.

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The Renaissance was a period of extraordinary spirit and development that marked a critical stage in the history of sports and games. In addition, readers will learn how to play games that had been previously lost to history.

This volume is the latest installment in the Sports and Games Through History series.

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"There is no other extensive annotated bibliography available on this subject. It will be a handy source wherever general and individual sports topics are researched." Choice

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Talks about the history of the disability sport movement. This book aims to eradicate some of the barriers people with disabilities face, by creating a greater awareness and understanding of the abilities of people with disabilities. It also includes a historical timeline of disability sport.

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A parenting book investigating the role of sports in the development of healthy maturation from childhood through adolescence.

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This impressive new source is the first book to give school administrators and nonspecialist legal advisors practical working knowledge of the legal principles, judicial interpretations, and case law relating to organized sports in an academic environment.

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Discusses recent research into the nutritional requirements of active women, and translates it into practical advice. Topics covered include bone health, body image, dieting, eating disorders and pregnancy. It is intended for fitness instructors, coaches, managers and teachers of female athletes.

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Offers students a guide to the most notorious scandals in American sports history.

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provide[s] informative and entertaining browsing, depicting how filled our language is with sports metaphors, many of whose derivations are little known: `the devil to pay,' `hazard a guess,' `red herring,' etc.

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"[A] useful, lucid, intelligent contribution to sports scholarship." Journal of Sport History

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This guide to the available literature on sports in American culture during the last two decades of the 20th century is a companion to Jack Higg's Sports: A Reference Guide (Greenwood, 1982).

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How a European principality of 30,000 people took on the world at football. And lost.

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When Stan The Man Musial retired after 22 years with the Cardinals (disrupted only by a year of service with the U.S. Navy during World War II), he held 17 Major League records, 29 National League records, and 9 All Star game records.

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The extraordinary story of a man who overcame enormous obstacles-including time in prison and deportation to Mexico twice-to fight for his piece of the American Dream

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Tom Harley considers himself a lucky man, having captained the Geelong Football Club to two premierships in three years. On his way, Tom discovered what qualities he values most, and how to bring out the best in others. Using his own experiences, Tom shares his thoughts on what makes both great leaders and followers.

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He ascended from a depth of 200 feet without breathing equipment to see if his lungs would burst, then studied the effects of underwater explosions by standing closer and closer until shattered by the blast.

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Coventry City are regarded as the barnacles on the ship of the Premiership: clinging to the bottom, abrasive and impossible to scrape off. Rick Gekoski gives a supporter's eye view, seen from the inside, of a football season in the Premier League.

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Sports fans or not, readers will be fascinated by this revealing examination of the pressures leading to the widespread use of steroids in sport and the negative, unintended consequences of their ban.

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Malcolm Speed has been involved first-hand with some of the most tumultuous events in the history of cricket. In Sticky Wicket, Speed pulls no punches as he speaks candidly about cricket - the game, the characters and the dramas - as one of its privileged custodians during his decade at the top of world cricket.

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Ever since our first equestrian team set off to compete in the 1956 Olympics, Australia has rarely been out of Olympic medal placings. Yet equestrian is unlike any other sport in that success is in large part determined by an unpredictable element - the horse.