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ISBN: 0415318114 9780415318112 0415318122 9780415318129 0203697014 9780203697016 9781134368471 9781134368518 9781134368525 1134368518 1280051892 1283837498 1134368526 Year: 2004 Publisher: New York Routledge
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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 historians and cultural studies students will all find this book gives a fascinating and invaluable insight into the world of sport through history.
Sports --- World history. --- History --- History. --- Universal history
ISBN: 1280760818 0198026145 1423741986 9780198026143 9786610760817 6610760810 0195100972 9780195100976 9781280760815 9781423741985 Year: 1998 Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press,
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Surveys the history of athletic competition from the time of ancient civilizations through the twentieth century.
Sports --- Recreation --- Manners and customs --- Amusements --- Community centers --- Leisure --- History --- History.
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ISBN: 0292793227 Year: 2010 Publisher: Austin : University of Texas Press,
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Since its publication in 1989, Texas, A Modern History has established itself as one of the most readable and reliable general histories of Texas. David McComb paints the panorama of Lone Star history from the earliest Indians to the present day with a vigorous brush that uses fact, anecdote, and humor to present a concise narrative. The book is designed to offer an adult reader the savor of Texan culture, an exploration of the ethos of its people, and a sense of the rhythm of its development. Spanish settlement, the Battle of the Alamo, the Civil War, cattle trails, oil discovery, the growth of cities, changes in politics, the Great Depression, World War II, recreation, economic expansion, and recession are each a part of the picture. Photographs and fascinating sidebars punctuate the text. In this revised edition, McComb not only incorporates recent scholarship but also tracks the post–World War II rise of the Republican Party in Texas and the evolution of the state from rural to urban, with 88 percent of the people now living in cities. At the same time, he demonstrates that, despite many changes that have made Texas similar to the rest of the United States, much of its unique past remains.
Governors --- Presidents --- Texas --- History.
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ISBN: 0292767471 Year: 2015 Publisher: Austin, Texas : University of Texas Press,
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"This book is the first history of cities in Texas, covering the earliest days of Spanish-Mexican towns, the Republic era to about 1940, and metropolitan Texas to the present. Not only is this book a first for Texas, but there seem to be no equivalent books for any other states, so the author has developed new concepts like 'the first road frontier' and the 'rupture' caused by the railroads. McComb emphasizes how railroads and related innovations such as the telegraph and the clock facilitated in urban development"--Provided by publisher.
Cities and towns --- Cities and towns --- City and town life --- Frontier and pioneer life --- History. --- Growth --- History. --- History. --- Texas --- Texas --- Texas --- History. --- Social conditions. --- Economic conditions.
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ISBN: 9780292747357 Year: 2021 Publisher: Austin
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ISBN: 9780292767478 0292767471 9780292767461 0292767463 Year: 2021 Publisher: Austin
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"This book is the first history of cities in Texas, covering the earliest days of Spanish-Mexican towns, the Republic era to about 1940, and metropolitan Texas to the present. Not only is this book a first for Texas, but there seem to be no equivalent books for any other states, so the author has developed new concepts like 'the first road frontier' and the 'rupture' caused by the railroads. McComb emphasizes how railroads and related innovations such as the telegraph and the clock facilitated in urban development"--Provided by publisher.
Cities and towns --- City and town life --- Frontier and pioneer life --- History. --- Growth --- Texas --- Social conditions. --- Economic conditions.
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ISBN: 9780292793224 Year: 2021 Publisher: Austin
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ISBN: 9780292793897 Year: 2021 Publisher: Austin
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ISBN: 0292723156 0292737556 0292784759 Year: 2010 Publisher: University of Texas Press
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ISBN: 9780292745384 Year: 2021 Publisher: Austin
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