The Field: Truth and Fiction in Sport History
The Field: Truth and Fiction in Sport History by Douglas Booth
English |2005 | ISBN: 0415282284 | 352 Pages | PDF | 3 MB
English |2005 | ISBN: 0415282284 | 352 Pages | PDF | 3 MB
2006 North American Society for Sports History Book of the Year
The literature on sport history is now well established, taking in a wide range of themes and covering every activity from aerobics to zorbing. However, in comparison to most mainstream histories, sport history has rarely been called upon to question its foundations and account for the basis of its historical knowledge.
In this book, Booth offers a rigorous assessment of sport history as an academic discipline, exploring the ways in which professional historians can gather materials, construct and examine evidence, and present their arguments about the sporting past.