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The book "The Field: Truth and Fiction in Sport History" by Douglas Booth explores the current state of sport history as an academic discipline. While there is a growing amount of literature in this field, it has not been as critically examined as mainstream history. Booth argues for a greater level of reflexivity and openness in the study of sport history, and provides a comprehensive assessment of how historians can gather and analyze evidence and present their findings. The book is divided into two parts, with the first focusing on theories of knowledge in sport history and the second examining the use of historical knowledge in both popular and academic studies. The book also includes sport-specific examples, summary tables, and a glossary of terms, making it a valuable resource for students, teachers, and researchers in this field. Overall, "The Field" sets the agenda for future debates and highlights the need for a new rationale within sport history.
Sport history now provides a burgeoning literature, exploring themes from aerobics to yachting. Though the field is in good health Douglas Booth argues that in comparison to most mainstream history, sport history has rarely been called upon to question the foundations of its historical knowledge. In The Field: Truth and Fiction in Sport History, Booth offers a comprehensive assessment of sport history as an academic discipline, exploring the ways in which professional historians can gather materials, construct and interrogate evidence and arguments, and present their stories about the sporting past. - Part I examines theories of knowledge in sport history. - Part II examines the uses of historical knowledge in popular and academic studies of sport history. In advocating greater reflexivity and openness, The Field makes clear the need for a new rationale within sport history, and sets the agenda for the debate to come. With a clear structure, sport-specific examples, summary tables and a detailed glossary of terms, The Field provides students, teachers and researchers in sport history with an unparalleled resource to tackle issues that are fundamental to the future of their subject.
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