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Prologue |
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An introduction to sport historiography |
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5 | (18) |
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7 | (6) |
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13 | (7) |
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20 | (3) |
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23 | (84) |
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Facts, objectivity and interpretation: truth in sport history |
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25 | (18) |
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26 | (5) |
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Validating historical truths |
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31 | (7) |
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Reconstructionism and questions of objectivity |
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38 | (2) |
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40 | (3) |
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Facts, concepts and structures: theory in sport history |
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43 | (19) |
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Reconstructionism: theory, agents, facts and concepts |
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44 | (4) |
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Constructionism: formal concepts, structures and theory |
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48 | (2) |
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50 | (3) |
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53 | (5) |
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58 | (2) |
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60 | (2) |
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Narratives, non-narratives and fiction: presenting the sporting past |
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62 | (20) |
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Narrative in reconstructionist thought |
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63 | (4) |
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Non-narrative historical presentations |
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67 | (2) |
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Deconstructionism: the poetics of narrative |
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69 | (7) |
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76 | (4) |
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80 | (2) |
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Remnants of the past: sources, evidence and traces in sport history |
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82 | (25) |
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Official documents (and archives) |
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84 | (4) |
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Documents of mass communication |
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88 | (6) |
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Oral testimony (and memory) |
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94 | (4) |
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Visual materials: films and photographs |
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98 | (8) |
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106 | (1) |
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PART II Explanatory paradigms |
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107 | (103) |
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Advocacy: debunking myths |
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111 | (16) |
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Setting the record straight |
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112 | (6) |
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Advocacy, partisanship and objectivity |
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118 | (5) |
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The contexts and functions of sporting myths |
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123 | (3) |
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126 | (1) |
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Comparison: expanding the evidence |
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127 | (16) |
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130 | (3) |
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133 | (5) |
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138 | (4) |
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142 | (1) |
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Causation: explaining determinants in sport |
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143 | (16) |
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A contentious and problematic paradigm |
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144 | (3) |
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147 | (3) |
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The `science' of causation |
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150 | (3) |
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153 | (4) |
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157 | (1) |
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158 | (1) |
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Social change: explaining transformations |
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159 | (19) |
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Systematic evolutionism: from traditional to modern sport |
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162 | (3) |
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Structuralism, from modern to late capitalist sport |
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165 | (8) |
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Relational structurism: making modern sporting culture |
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173 | (3) |
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176 | (2) |
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Context: interpreting the big picture |
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178 | (16) |
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179 | (4) |
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183 | (6) |
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A model for contextualisation |
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189 | (4) |
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193 | (1) |
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New culture: interpreting language and discourse |
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194 | (16) |
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Language and discourse: avenues of knowledge, truth and power |
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195 | (4) |
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Sport, cultural texts, narratives |
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199 | (3) |
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202 | (5) |
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Conclusion: returning to the present |
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207 | (3) |
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210 | (12) |
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211 | (6) |
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Politics and the purpose of history |
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217 | (4) |
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221 | (1) |
Notes |
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222 | (79) |
Glossary |
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301 | (6) |
Select bibliography |
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307 | (28) |
Index |
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