Sports in World History

by David G. McComb and G. McComb David

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415318122
• ISBN13: 9780415318129
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 9.1"