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  • Sports--Blood and Guts to Glory

    by Gerald Gems ...
    One of the world's foremost sports historians, Professor Gems has written a readable, fully illustrated book on sports history. It is the first video text in the field in which the reader can see authentic reenactments of ancient sports and videos of modern sport. It is written as a textbook for college classes in sport history and for the general public who are interested in modern and ancient ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Blood and Guts to Glory--a History of Sports

    Sport Science Series

    by Gerald Gems ...
    Series series Sport Science Series
    Dr. Gerald Gems is one of the premier sports historians in the world. In this book, the first video text in sport history, we can see videos of how ancient and modern games have been played. But he goes beyond the sport, looking at the cultural background in which the sports have been played. We see ancient sports from China, India and the Americas and we follow the evolution of sports through the ... Read more

    $3.92 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sports in American History

    From Colonization to Globalization

    by Gerald R. Gems, Linda J. Borish, Gertrud Pfister ...
    Sports in American History: From Colonization to Globalization, Third Edition, helps students grasp the compelling evolution of American sporting practices. This text examines sports history as a social and cultural phenomenon, generates a better understanding of current practices in sport, and considers future developments in American sport.This comprehensive resource explores sport through ... Read more

    $98.99 CAD

  • Sports and Aging

    A Prescription for Longevity

    Edited by Gerald R. Gems ...
    Named a 2023 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleIn Sports and Aging a wide-ranging group of physically active people, including many scholar-athletes, fifty years and older, discuss sports in the context of aging and their own athletic experiences. This collection of personal accounts includes a spectrum of contributors across genders, social classes, and racial, ethnic, national, religious, and ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Boxing

    A Concise History of the Sweet Science

    by Dr. Gerald R. Gems ...
    Sports fans have long been fascinated with boxing and the brutal demonstration of physical and psychological conflict. Accounts of the sport appear as far back as the third millennium BC, and Greek and Roman sculptors depicted the athletic ideals of the ancient era in the form of boxers. In the present day, boxers such as Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Sugar Ray Robinson, Oscar De La Hoya, Manny ... Read more

    $43.19 CAD

  • Understanding American Sports

    by Gerald R. Gems, Gertrud Pfister ...
    Since the nineteenth century the USA has served as an international model for business, lifestyle and sporting success. Yet whilst the language of sport seems to be universal, American sports culture remains highly distinctive. Why is this so? How should we understand American sport? What can we learn about America by analyzing its sports culture?Understanding American Sports offers discussion and ... Read more

    $114.04 CAD

  • Sport and the Shaping of Italian-American Identity

    by Gerald R. Gems ...
    Series series Sports and Entertainment
    Gems traces the experience of the Italian immigrant and illustrates the ways in which sports helped Italian-Americans adapt to a new culture, assert pride in an ethnic identity, and even achieve social advancement. Employing historical, sociological, and anthropological studies, Gems explores how sports were instrumental in helping notions of identity evolve from the individual to the community, ... Read more

    $51.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sport History

    The Basics

    by Gerald R. Gems ...
    Series series The Basics
    This is a fundamental text for the study of sport history.It answers the ‘why,’ ‘how,’ and ‘what’ questions, introducing the key principles and practices of sport history and walking the reader through the fascinating stories, debates, issues, and national and international narratives that constitute the history of sport.The book provides an overview of the field and the various professional roles ... Read more

    $46.99 CAD

  • Before Jackie Robinson

    The Transcendent Role of Black Sporting Pioneers

    Edited by Gerald R. Gems ...
    While the accomplishments and influence of Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson, and Muhammad Ali are doubtless impressive solely on their merits, these luminaries of the Black sporting experience did not emerge spontaneously. Their rise was part of a gradual evolution in social and power relations in American culture between the 1890s and 1940s that included athletes such as ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • Games and Sporting Events in History

    Organisations, Performances and Impact

    Edited by Maureen Smith, Annette Hofmann, Gerald R. Gems ...
    Series series Sport in the Global Society - Historical Perspectives
    Games and Sporting Events in History offers a broad global perspective on sports and games in Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia. A diverse set of topics covers education, medicine, therapy, body culture, gender, race, cross cultural flow, and political issues from the late nineteenth century throughout the twentieth century, offering new insights into previously little researched areas of ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • Global Perspectives on Sport and Physical Cultures

    Edited by Maureen Smith, Annette Hofmann, Gerald R. Gems ...
    Series series Sport in the Global Society - Historical Perspectives
    Global Perspectives of Sport and Physical Culture is a compilation of diverse essays derived from the works of prominent international scholars that address significant international issues relative to sporting practices from a historical perspective. A variety of movement cultures are examined and analysed, such as various aspects of the turner and gymnastic movements, the transnational ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD

  • The Routledge History of American Sport

    Edited by Linda J. Borish, David K. Wiggins, Gerald R. Gems ...
    Series series Routledge Histories
    The Routledge History of American Sport provides the first comprehensive overview of historical research in American sport from the early Colonial period to the present day. Considering sport through innovative themes and topics such as the business of sport, material culture and sport, the political uses of sport, and gender and sport, this text offers an interdisciplinary analysis of American ... Read more

    $100.99 CAD