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The sports shoe a history from field to fashion

Title: The sports shoe [electronic resource] : a history from field to fashion / Thomas Turner.
Author: Turner, Thomas, 1979-
Publication: London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

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Description

1 online resource.

Summary

"The story of the sneaker's rise from the first Victorian tennis shoes to the Nike Air Max and beyond Moving from the athletic field to the shopping mall, Thomas Turner tells a fresh story of the evolution of the sports shoe against the changing landscape of society, sport, fashion, industry, and technology. The Sports Shoe takes us on a journey from the first Victorian tennis shoes to the adidas Superstar and the innovative technologies of Nike Air Max. Featuring newly uncovered archival material and historic images showcasing key personalities, vintage marketing and common perceptions of this hugely desirable product, this book is a must-have for any sneaker collector, historian of popular culture, or anyone interested in the place of athletic footwear in our lives today."--

Uniform Title

Sports shoe (Online)

Alternative Title

Sports shoe (Online)

Subjects

Genre/Form

Electronic books.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access (note)

Access restricted to authorized users.

Additional Formats (note)

Also available in print.

System Details (note)

Mode of access: World Wide Web

Contents

Lawn tennis and the origins of the modern sports shoe -- Sports style, youth, and modernity -- The sports shoe reborn -- Skateboarding and the reimagined sports shoe -- Sneakers, basketball, and hip hop -- Trainers on the soccer terraces -- Globalised production, athleisure, and the postmodern sports shoe.

LCCN

10.5040/9781474281829

OCLC

ssib036083519

Author

Turner, Thomas, 1979-

Title

The sports shoe [electronic resource] : a history from field to fashion / Thomas Turner.

Imprint

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

Edition

First edition.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

Additional Formats

Also available in print.

Note

Compliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily

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