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Golden Kicks
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Author : Jason Coles
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2016-09-22
Golden Kicks written by Jason Coles and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-22 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Many iconic shoes, such as the adidas Stan Smith, Nike Air Jordan and Puma Suede are worn by millions as everyday footwear, but were originally born to bring victory on court, track and field. Golden Kicks reveals the stories behind some of the greatest shoes in sporting history, the roles they played in sport's most significant moments, and how they have made the transition from classic sportswear to mainstream streetwear. Discover the amazing stories behind the shoes, the people who made them, and the athletes who wore them.
Golden Kicks
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Author : Jason Coles
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2016-09-22
Golden Kicks written by Jason Coles and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-22 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Many iconic shoes, such as the adidas Stan Smith, Nike Air Jordan and Puma Suede are worn by millions as everyday footwear, but were originally born to bring victory on court, track and field. Golden Kicks reveals the stories behind some of the greatest shoes in sporting history, the roles they played in sport's most significant moments, and how they have made the transition from classic sportswear to mainstream streetwear. Discover the amazing stories behind the shoes, the people who made them, and the athletes who wore them.
Kicks
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Author : Nicholas Smith
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2018-05-01
Kicks written by Nicholas Smith and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
A cultural history of sneakers, tracing the footprint of one of our most iconic fashions across sports, business, pop culture, and American identity When the athletic shoe graduated from the beaches and croquet courts of the wealthy elite to streetwear ubiquity, its journey through the heart of American life was just getting started. In this rollicking narrative, Nicholas K. Smith carries us through the long twentieth century as sneakers became the totem of subcultures from California skateboarders to New York rappers, the cause of gang violence and riots, the heart of a global economic controversy, the lynchpin in a quest to turn big sports into big business, and the muse of high fashion. Studded with larger-than-life mavericks and unexpected visionaries—from genius rubber inventor, Charles Goodyear, to road-warrior huckster Chuck Taylor, to the feuding brothers who founded Adidas and Puma, to the track coach who changed the sport by pouring rubber in his wife's waffle iron—Kicks introduces us to the sneaker's surprisingly influential, enduring, and evolving legacy.
The Sports Shoe
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Author : Thomas Turner
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2019-02-21
The Sports Shoe written by Thomas Turner and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-21 with Design categories.
The story of the sneaker's rise from the first Victorian tennis shoes to the Nike Air Max and beyond Moving from the athletic field to the shopping mall, Thomas Turner tells a fresh story of the evolution of the sports shoe against the changing landscape of society, sport, fashion, industry, and technology. The Sports Shoe takes us on a journey from the first Victorian tennis shoes to the adidas Superstar and the innovative technologies of Nike Air Max. Featuring newly uncovered archival material and historic images showcasing key personalities, vintage marketing and common perceptions of this hugely desirable product, this book is a must-have for any sneaker collector, historian of popular culture, or anyone interested in the place of athletic footwear in our lives today.
Adidas
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Author : Kerrily Sapet
language : en
Publisher: Mitchell Lane
Release Date : 2020-09-21
Adidas written by Kerrily Sapet and has been published by Mitchell Lane this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-21 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
In 1924, Adi and Rudolf Dassler started a shoe company in their mother’s laundry room. They would one day divide that company into Adidas and Puma. Today, Adidas sells millions of sneakers a year. The company’s three-stripe logo is world famous. People of all ages wear Adidas sneakers for sports and style.
Sport And Entrepreneurship
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Author : Dilwyn Porter
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-05-21
Sport And Entrepreneurship written by Dilwyn Porter and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-21 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Sport and Entrepreneurship combines perspectives derived from business history and sports history, focusing on the important but relatively unexplored relationship of entrepreneurship and sport. This important volume offers clearer definitions of both sports products and sports entrepreneurship, gives due regard to social entrepreneurs, and assesses the continuing relevance of Hardy’s pioneering study from the 1980s. Hardy himself provides an introduction to the volume, and chapters by Wray Vamplew and Dilwyn Porter supply an overarching theoretical framework, offering new ways of identifying and describing sports-related entrepreneurial activity. Each chapter explores a particular case study, focusing on specific examples of entrepreneurship as it has been practised in a variety of sporting contexts from the nineteenth to the early twenty-first centuries, ranging from 19th century equestrianism, to 20th century ice hockey, and football in the 21st century and covering entrepreneurship in North America, Europe and the United Kingdom. Each, in its own way, adds depth and complexity to the discussion. Bridging the gap between sports history and business history, too often seen as separate spheres, Sport and Entrepreneurship will be of great interest to scholars of sport history, business and sport, business history, and entrepreneurship. The chapters were originally published as a special issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport.
Dream Jobs In Sports Equipment Design
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Author : Tracy Brown Hamilton
language : en
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Release Date : 2017-12-15
Dream Jobs In Sports Equipment Design written by Tracy Brown Hamilton and has been published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Sports equipment design has come a long way since the days of leather football helmets and ice skates with no ankle support. Modern sports equipment is designed to help prevent injuries and give an athlete that extra edge they need to succeed and even play better than before. Readers with an eye for design and a love of sports will find in this volume an extensive guide to building a career in sports equipment design, including some first-person insight from those working in the field.
Hostile Business And The Sovereign State
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Author : Michael J. Strauss
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-01-02
Hostile Business And The Sovereign State written by Michael J. Strauss and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-02 with Business & Economics categories.
This book describes and assesses an emerging threat to states’ territorial control and sovereignty: the hostile control of companies that carry out privatized aspects of sovereign authority. The threat arises from the massive worldwide shift of state activities to the private sector since the late 1970s in conjunction with two other modern trends – the globalization of business and the liberalization of international capital flows. The work introduces three new concepts: firstly, the rise of companies that handle privatized activities, and the associated advent of "post-government companies" that make such activities their core business. Control of them may reside with individual investors, other companies or investment funds, or it may reside with other states through state-owned enterprises or sovereign wealth funds. Secondly, "imperfect privatizations:" when a state privatizes an activity to another state’s public sector. The book identifies cases where this is happening. It also elaborates on how ownership and influence of companies that perform privatized functions may not be transparent, and can pass to inherently hostile actors, including criminal or terrorist organizations. Thirdly, "belligerent companies," whose conduct is hostile to those of states where they are active. The book concludes by assessing the adequacy of existing legal and regulatory regimes and how relevant norms may evolve.
Environmental Sustainability In Sports Physical Activity And Education And Outdoor Life
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Author : Hans Kristian Hognestad
language : en
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Release Date : 2022-11-02
Environmental Sustainability In Sports Physical Activity And Education And Outdoor Life written by Hans Kristian Hognestad and has been published by Frontiers Media SA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-02 with Medical categories.
Signature Shoes
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Author : Ryan Trembath
language : en
Publisher: Eckhartz Press
Release Date : 2020-11-28
Signature Shoes written by Ryan Trembath and has been published by Eckhartz Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Just about everyone is familiar with the Nike Air Jordan shoe, but just when did the practice of attaching an athlete’s name to a shoe become common practice? This text takes you from the beginning of the signature shoe industry, and through the 1980s when the popularity of signature shoes accelerated. At the start of the ‘90s, just about every footwear company was producing a signature shoe, and looking for the next charismatic spokesperson, when they saw the dollars Nike was making with the Jordans. Eventually, signature shoes entered all facets of popular culture and were taken for granted by the public. Before long, it wasn’t just the most well-known and marketable athletes getting their own shoe. Athletes in Major League Baseball, the Women’s National Basketball Association, National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Formula One, the Professional Golfers’ Association, the National Football League, musicians, and even the National Hockey League had their own footwear to go along with the mainstays of the NBA and professional tennis circuits.