{"product_id":"sport-and-spectacle-in-the-donald-g-kyle-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 Donald G. Kyle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1118613562\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781118613566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\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","brand":"Donald G. Kyle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991882727679,"sku":"9781118613566","price":51.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1f955931-4286-40c9-a5d7-52f2221d1c02.jpg?v=1683312787","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sport-and-spectacle-in-the-donald-g-kyle-9781118613566","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}