{"product_id":"9781118613566","title":"Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAncient Cultures\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eSport and Spectacle in the Ancient World\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDonald G. Kyle\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Ancient \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\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\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\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\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e31 December 2014\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781118613566\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e384\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20.8\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315460141196,"sku":"9781118613566","price":50.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781118613566.jpg?v=1780112960","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781118613566","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}