{"product_id":"sport-and-spectacle-in-the-ancient-world-9781118613566","title":"Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe second edition of \u003ci\u003eSport and Spectacle in the Ancient World\u003c\/i\u003e updates Donald G. Kyle's award-winning introduction to this topic, covering the Ancient Near East up to the late Roman Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- Challenges traditional scholarship on sport and spectacle in the Ancient World and debunks claims that there were no sports before the ancient Greeks\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- Explores the cultural exchange of Greek sport and Roman spectacle and how each culture responded to the other's entertainment\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- Features a new chapter on sport and spectacle during the Late Roman Empire, including Christian opposition to pagan games and the Roman response\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- Covers topics including violence, professionalism in sport, class, gender and eroticism, and the relationship of spectacle to political structures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12125125\"\u003eDonald G. Kyle\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.68h x 7.15w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781118613566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1118613562\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS002000\"\u003eAncient | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SPO\"\u003eSports \u0026amp; Recreation\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SPO019000\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonald G. Kyle\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor, former Chair of History, and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAthletics in Ancient Athens \u003c\/i\u003e(1987), \u003ci\u003eSpectacles of Death in Ancient Rome \u003c\/i\u003e(1998), \u003ci\u003eSport and Spectacle in the Ancient World \u003c\/i\u003e(Wiley-Blackwell 2007); and co-editor (with Paul Christesen) of \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Sport and Spectacle in Greek and Roman Antiquity \u003c\/i\u003e(Wiley-Blackwell 2014).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44567561568493,"sku":"9781118613566","price":88.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_dd7cadf8-4077-4408-afb1-31f38d469b15.jpg?v=1701894271","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/sport-and-spectacle-in-the-ancient-world-9781118613566","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}