Scholar charts the history of sports, from ancient games and traditional medieval pursuits such as folk football and cock fighting…
to the big business of professional sports today. Looks at the variety of team and individual sports. Explores the relationship between sports and class, gender, commerce, identity, and ethics. 2014
Geographer offers a synthesis of the extraordinarily important part played by rivers in human history and culture. Examples--including the Amazon,…
the Danube, the Ganges, and the Mississippi--are provided from every continent. Explores the science of river flow and flood control, rivers in mythology and literature, and rivers' role in commerce. 2012