Sports : the first five millennia - Guttmann, Allen (Amherst, Mass. : University of Massachusetts Press, 2004)
Preliterate peoples -- Before the Greeks -- Greek athletic festivals -- Roman sports -- Traditional Asian sports -- European sports from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance -- "Made in England": the invention of modern sports -- Cricket follow the flag -- The Institutionalization of modern sports in the United States -- Latin American: the Ingleses versus the Norteamericanos -- Continental Europe: Imports and exports -- Technological sports -- Modern sports in Asia -- "Our former colonial masters: African sports -- Winter sports -- The modern Olympic games -- Resistance to modern sports -- The survival of traditional sports -- Instrumentalized sports -- Modern sports as a global phenomenon -- Coda: Postmodernism and les sports Californiens.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Sports -- History; Sports -- Social aspects; Sports -- Cross-cultural studies; Sports -- Histoire; Sports -- Aspect social; Sports -- ?? tudes transculturelles