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Author Bale, John.

Title Kenyan running : movement culture, geography, and global change / John Bale and Joe Sang
Published London ; Portland, OR : F. Cass, 1996

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Description xvi, 209 : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents Black athletes at the White City -- The significance of Kenyan running -- Antecedents of Kenyan sport -- Between folk-games and modern sport -- Modernisation : sport as a global system -- Altitude or attitude : regions and myths -- Development, underdevelopment, resistance
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-206) and index
Subject Runners (Sports) -- Kenya.
Running -- Social aspects -- Kenya.
Track and field -- Social aspects -- Kenya.
Author Sang, Joe.
LC no. 96012789
ISBN 0714642185 (paperback)
0714646849 (hardcover)