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Languages : en
Pages : 728
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The Canadian Spectator
Author: The Annexationist Agitation : Or, The Sayings and Doings of the Public Notoriety Club as Witnessed by a Canadian Spectator
Author: Ford, PaulThe Canadian Patent Office Record
Author: Canada. Patent OfficePublisher:
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Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 2234
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The Spectator
Author: The Canadian Rebellion of 1837
Author: David Breakenridge ReadPublisher:
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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Floodlights and Touchlines: A History of Spectator Sport
Author: Rob SteenPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408181363
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2014 Spectator sport is living, breathing, non-stop theatre for all. Focusing on spectator sports and their accompanying issues, tracing their origins, evolution and impact, inside the lines and beyond the boundary, this book offers a thematic history of professional sport and the ingredients that magnetise millions around the globe. It tells the stories that matter: from the gladiators of Rome to the runners of Rift Valley via the innovator-missionaries of Rugby School; from multi-faceted British exports to the Americanisation of professionalism and the Indianisation of cricket. Rob Steen traces the development of these sports which captivate the turnstile millions and the mouse-clicking masses, addressing their key themes and commonalities, from creation myths to match fixing via race, politics, sexuality and internationalism. Insightful and revelatory, this is an entertaining exploration of spectator sports' intrinsic place in culture and how sport imitates life – and life imitates sport.
Author: J. Gordon Mowat
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