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The Running Centaur
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Horse-Racing in Global-Historical Perspective
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Artikel-Nr:
9781032162348
Veröffentl:
2024
Erscheinungsdatum:
29.01.2024
Seiten:
206
Autor:
Sinclair W Bell
Gewicht:
367 g
Format:
246x174x12 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Sinclair W. Bell is Professor of Art History and Presidential Teaching Professor at Northern Illinois University. One of his primary areas of research is sport and spectacle in the Roman period, about which he has published numerous articles and books and which he discusses in a recent documentary, `Rome¿s Chariot Superstar.¿
This book surveys the practice of horse racing from antiquity to the modern period, and in this way offers a selective global history.
1. Introduction: Towards a Global History of Horse Racing 2. Horse Races and Chariot Races in Ancient Greece: Struggling for Eternal Glory 3. Horse Racing in Imperial Rome: Athletic Competition, Equine Performance, and Urban Spectacle 4. The Emperor and His People at the Chariot Races in Byzantium 5. Horse Racing at the Ottoman Court, 1524¿1728 6. Urban Palio and Scharlach Races in Fifteenth- and Early Sixteenth-Century Italy and Germany 7. Spectacular Spanish Horses in New Spain 8. The Sport of Kingmakers: Horse Racing in Late Stuart England 9. Capitalist Horse Sense: Sports Betting and Option Trading during the English Financial Revolution, 1690¿1740 10. `A Horse-Race is the Same All the World Over¿: The Cultural Context of Horse Racing in Native North America