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Sport in Africa : essays in social history
- Title
- Sport in Africa : essays in social history / edited by William J. Baker and James A. Mangan.
- Publication
- New York ; London : Africana Pub. Co., 1987.
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- Description
- xiii, 309 p. : ill. ;c24 cm.
- Subject
- Sports > Africa > History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Games and sport in pre-colonial African societies / John Blacking -- The wrestling tradition and its social functions / Sigrid Paul -- The biggest game of all / Thomas Q. Reese -- Imperial administration and the athletic imperative / Anthony Kirk-Greene -- Sport and African soldiers / Anthony Clayton -- Ethics and ethnocentricity / James A. Mangan -- Hunting in Eastern and Central Africa in the late nineteenth century, with special reference to Zimbabwe / John M. MacKenzie -- Pugilism and pathology / Terence Ranger -- Africa's triple heritage of play / Ali A. Mazrui -- An exceptional case / Robert Archer -- Sport as an instrument of political expansion / Baruch A. Hazan -- Political games / William J. Baker.
- Call Number
- Sc E 87-514
- ISBN
- 0841909067
- 0841909407 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 87001804
- OCLC
- 15107411
- 15107411
- Title
- Sport in Africa : essays in social history / edited by William J. Baker and James A. Mangan.
- Imprint
- New York ; London : Africana Pub. Co., 1987.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Baker, William J. (William Joseph), 1938-Mangan, J. A.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 87-514