Encyclopеdiа of World Sport: From Anciеnt Timеs to thе Prеsеnt
Publisher: Οxford Univеrsity Prеss, USΑ
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 1999-07-22
List price: $55.00
Spanning the wide world of sports, this volume is packed with everything you could possibly want to know about hundreds of sports. Along with detailed information on how sports are played around the world, the Encyclopedia of World Sport explores emotions and issues surrounding the sporting life and looks at sport as an essential part of the human experience. Readers will find fascinating entries on baseball and badminton, tennis and takraw, as well as on an incredible range of activities played around the globe from ancient times up to the present. Lucid and authoritative, this work--called "...