Berkshire encyclopedia of world sport
"The renowned Berkshire Encyclopedia of World Sport provides comprehensive coverage of the culture, history, and business of sports around the world. The third edition brings the study of sports into the 21st century and includes new coverage of women's sports and extreme sports ... The 2013 edition is designed for use in world history, regional history, international relations, global studies, and other social science and humanities courses. It includes over 300 updated articles with new coverage of management and marketing, sports medicine, doping scandals, sporting goods, extreme and fantasy sports, environmental sustainability, and technological innovations in sports."--Page 4 of cover
Print Book, English, 2013
Berkshire Publishing Group, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, 2013
Encyclopedias
3 volumes (xxxviii, 1460 pages) ; 29 cm
9781614729891, 9781933782676, 9781614729365, 9781614729372, 1614729891, 1933782676, 1614729360, 1614729379
828858959
List of entries
Reader's guide
Tables of Winter (2014) and Summer (2016) Olympic events
Descriptions of unfamiliar sports
Introduction
Volume 1: "Academies and camps" through "Extreme sports in the olympics"
Volume 2: "Facility management" through "Professionalism vs. amateurism"
Volume 3: "Race walking and pedestrianism" through "Youth sports"
Appendix A: List of contributors
Appendix B: Famous sporting events and venues
Appendix C: Governing bodies and associations by sport