History

The Field By:Douglas Booth Published on 2005 by Taylor & Francis 2006 North American Society for Sports History Book of the Year The literature on sport history is now well established, taking in a wide range of themes and covering every activity from aerobics to zorbing. However, in comparison to most mainstream histories, sport history has rarely been called upon to question its foundations and account for the basis of its historical knowledge. In this book, Booth offers a rigorous assessment of sport history as an academic discipline, exploring the ways in which professional historians can gather materials, construct and examine evidence, and present their arguments about the sporting past. Part 1 examines theories of knowledge, while Part 2 goes on to scrutinize the uses of historical knowledge in popular and academic studies of sport history. With clear structure, examples, summary tables and a detailed glossary, The Field provides students, teachers and researchers with an un...

Bicycle By:David V. Herlihy Published on 2004 by Yale University Press In this, the ultimate history of the bicycle, David Herlihy recounts the saga of this far-reaching invention and the passions it aroused. The pioneer racer insisted the bicycle would become |as common as umbrellas.| Mark Twain was more skeptical, enjoining his reader to |get a bicycle. You will not regret it-if you live.| Herlihy shows readers why the bicycle captured the public's imagination and the myriad ways in which it reshaped the world. This Book was ranked at 2 by Google Books for keyword History. Book ID of Bicycle's Books is VDlaT0KxJfAC, Book which was written byDavid V. Herlihyhave ETAG "NOeGoWLpyF4" Book which was published by Yale University Press since 2004 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is 9780300120479 and ISBN 10 Code is 0300120478 Reading Mode in Text Status is true and Reading Mode in Image Status is true Book which have "470 Pages" is Printed at BOOK under CategorySports ...