In one reference resource, the Berkshire Encyclopedia of World Sport provides – for the first time – everything and anything you want to know about sports, from Mayan ball courts to high-tech steroid labs.
Berkshire Encyclopedia of World Sport
$525.00
Description
The Berkshire Encyclopedia of World Sport tackles the whole world of sport, from major professional sports and sporting events to community and youth sports. It covers the business of sports—marketing, management, and ownership—as well as key social issues ranging from doping, racism, sexism, and youth participation, to performance enhancement and sports psychology. Coverage begins with the origins of sport among prehistoric hunters and gatherers and extends to the global sports industry of the twenty-first century.
Additional information
| Editorial Board | Jay Coakley, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Allen Guttmann, Amherst College, Leslie Heywood, State University of New York Binghamton, Gertrud Pfister, University of Copenhagen, Roland Renson, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Allen L. Sack, University of New Haven, Thierry Terret, University of Lyon, Wayne Wilson, Amateur Athletic Foundation |
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| Editor | Karen Christensen, Berkshire Publishing Group, David H. Levinson, Berkshire Publishing Group |
| Format | |
| ISBN | 9780974309118 |
| Copyright | 2005 |
| Edition | First |
| Volumes | 4 |
| Pages | 1816 |
| Chinese Title | 宝库山世界体育运动百科全书 |
Reviews
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Library Journal –
Levinson and Christensen’s 1996 Encyclopedia of World Sport: From Ancient Time to Present (Berkshire), a three-volume resource of considerable value, serves as the basis for this new set, which considers sport from the perspective of race, ethnicity, class, and culture. Overlap between the two works is immediately recognizable: for example, many of the original contributors have returned to help shape this set, and several of the original articles, such as those on aerobics and animal rights, have undergone only minor revision. Still, there is a great deal of new material.
Bottom Line: Since it now comprises many more entries (450 vs. 250), it is not surprising that the set’s price has more than doubled. Still, its thoroughness recommends it to all academic and public libraries.
Library Journal –
Bottom line: Since it now comprises many more entries [than 1996’s Encyclopedia of World Sport: From Ancient Time to Present] (450 vs. 250), it is not surprising that the set’s price has more than doubled. Still, its thoroughness recommends it to all academic and public libraries.