The Field: Truth and Fiction in Sport HistoryRoutledge, 7 mei 2007 - 352 pagina's 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. Part 1 examines theories of knowledge, while Part 2 goes on to scrutinize the uses of historical knowledge in popular and academic studies of sport history. With clear structure, examples, summary tables and a detailed glossary, The Field provides students, teachers and researchers with an unparalleled resource to tackle issues fundamental to the future of their subject, and sets the agenda for the debate to come. |
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The Field Part I Models | 23 |
The Field 2 Facts objectivity and interpretation | 25 |
The Field 3 Facts concepts and structures | 43 |
The Field 4 Narratives nonnarratives and fiction | 62 |
The Field 5 Remnants of the past | 82 |
The Field Part II Explanatory Paradigms | 107 |
The Field 8 Causation | 143 |
The Field 9 Social change | 159 |
The Field 10 Context | 178 |
The Field 11 New culture | 194 |
The Field Epilogue | 210 |
The Field Notes | 222 |
The Field Glossary | 301 |
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