Sports and Games Through History

Imprint: Greenwood Press

Sports enthusiasts and history students will enjoy exploring the origins of their favorite sports in this new series, and learning what those sports and games say about their socities. Beginning with ancient times through the nineteenth century, each volume is arranged by geographic regions of the world, so students may discover all the sports and games that originated in that area. They can compare and contrast the development of a a sport in several different regions and over different time periods. Photos and diagrams illustrate how these ancient games and sports were played, so students may replicate them today. Each volume provides:

a detailed history of where each game was played, by which social classes and ethnic groups or tribes, and the historical evidence researchers used to reconstruct the game as it was originally played

a discussion of the purpose of the game and what skills it built in players

the equipment used and how it was made

rules of play and discussion of how they have changed over time

instructions for recreating equipment and adapting the sport or game for play today

Editor(s): Andrew Leibs

Active: Yes

Title	Publication
Sports and Games of the Ancients	10/30/2008
Sports and Games of the 18th and 19th Centuries	10/30/2008
Sports and Games of Medieval Cultures	10/30/2008
Sports and Games of the Renaissance	10/30/2004
Sports and Games of the 18th and 19th Centuries	1/30/2003
Sports and Games of the Ancients	6/30/2002
Sports and Games of Medieval Cultures	4/30/2002

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