The Ball: Discovering the Object of the GameHarper Collins, 15/05/2012 - 400 من الصفحات Anthropologist John Fox sets off on a worldwide adventure to thefarthest reaches of the globe and the deepest recesses of our ancientpast to answer a question inspired by his sports-loving son: "Why do we play ball?" From Mexican jungles to the small-town gridirons of Ohio, frommedieval villages and royal courts to modern soccer pitches andbaseball parks, The Ball explores the little-known origins ofour favorite sports across the centuries, and traces how a simpleinvention like the ball has come to stake an unrivaled claim on ourpassions, our money, and our lives. Equal parts history and travelogue,The Ball removes us from the scandals and commercialism of today'ssports world to uncover the true reasons we play ball, helping us reclaimour universal connection to the games we love. |
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... social movement just by hitting a fuzzy yellow ball over a net. Years later, it was sport that had captured my studies along with my imagination. As a young graduate student in anthropology, looking for adventure far from home, I signed ...
... announcement . The fascinating 5,000 - year plus technological and social evolution of the ball , from papyrus to polymers , has never received its due - and my goal is to make up for that here . By way of disclaimer , I should say up ...
... social . Both in the wild and in captivity , they'll play with their own or another dolphin's bubbles . In the ocean they'll play chasing games together or one will dislodge a sponge and play with it alone for 15 or 20 minutes . They've ...
... social tools . They draw animals and humans together , inviting either cooperation or competition or , as in most sports , some dynamic combination of the two . " I throw or kick to you , you throw or kick it back " is very different ...