KP341- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 31 pages long!)

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01/05/18 library reference / production of sport history. Why is it important to study the history of sport in canada: sports are integral to canadian society, should know how this developed to better understand current society. Identify positive trends from past to ensure their continuation: sport is window in historical societies, can learn about their environments, understand sacrifices and struggles of groups who overcame discrimination, sport is a lens into larger social issues. Important to acknowledge the actors and who shaped our contemporary world. The emergence of sport history: sub-field of social history (1960s) Traditional historians, social and cultural historians (produced critical histories), should not project our values onto those of the past. Nation building and the emergence of the sport business. A scientific act: objectively approach a subjective activity: subjective explanation of the objective past. Gain wisdom: knowledge, intelligence, experience, judgement. Judgement is what is or is not important, what to include or not include.

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