Sports: The First Five Millennia by Guttmann, Allen

ISBN: 1558496106

Author: Guttmann, Allen

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From ancient Egyptian archery and medieval Japanese football to contemporary American baseball, every sport has been shaped by-and in turn has helped shape-the culture of which it is part. Yet as Allen Guttmann shows in this far-ranging study, for all their differences sports have followed a similar historical trajectory from traditional to modern forms.In Sports: The First Five Millennia, Guttmann traces this evolution across continents, cultures, and historical epochs to construct a single comprehensive narrative of the world's sports.

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