Berkshire Encyclopedia of Extreme Sport By Douglas Booth
Publisher: Berkshire Publishing Group 2006-11-30 | 450 Pages | ISBN: 0977015955 | PDF | 32 MB
Publisher: Berkshire Publishing Group 2006-11-30 | 450 Pages | ISBN: 0977015955 | PDF | 32 MB
The Berkshire Encyclopedia of Extreme Sports offers a comprehensive dissection of this new and emerging phenomenon, and its characteristics, philosophy, ideology, functions, history and future. The Encyclopedia contextualizes extreme sports, especially their key component”risk”from a number of disciplinary perspectives including history, sociology, psychology, theology and physiology. In examining the history of individual extreme sports, the Encyclopedia explores ancient, feudal and cross-cultural forms while also looking at the appeal of modern extreme activities to entrepreneurs, marketers, advertisers and the media as they seek to connect with consumers in the critical 13-34-age cohort.