East African Running: Toward a Cross-Disciplinary Perspective

By: Yannis Pitsiladis and John Bale and Craig Sharp and Tim Noakes

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Synopsis: What makes East African middle and long distance runners the best in the world? How should contemporary academia approach this question? The success of East African distance runners has generated a plethora of studies but much of the 'evidence' presented to support hypotheses is anecdotal, arguments being led by non-academics who use popular media as their medium rather than relying on scientific publications. This has resulted in many stereotypical arguments being advocated. Within the academic community, research has also been restricted by its isolation within either the natural science or social science communities. East African Running: Towards a Cross Disciplinary Perspective, presents a rare collaboration between researchers from the sports sciences and social sciences to explore the questions raised by the phenomena of East African success on the track. The text includes: psycho-social and economic explanations physiological and genetic explanations attempts to provide unified theories bringing together ideas from natural and social sciences Includes contributions from John Bale, Jim Denison, Timothy D. Noakes and Craig Sharp.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 320 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781134183517
Related ISBNs:: 9780203099346, 9780415377881, 9780415377874, 9780415377874, 9780415377881
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 05/02/20
Copyrighted By:: N/A
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Sports
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Yannis Pitsiladis
Edited by:: John Bale
Edited by:: Craig Sharp
Edited by:: Tim Noakes