The Sports Shoe: A History from Field to Fashion

ISBN-13: 9781474281799 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 296 str.

UK) Turner Thomas (Independent Scholar

Opis

The first in-depth, beautifully illustrated history of the sports shoe from the 19th century to today

Recenzje

Part of the charm of this meticulously researched and beautifully produced book is that, for many of us, our first sports shoes carry the same kind of emotional charges as our first movies or our first records. Times Literary Supplement

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Lawn tennis and the origins of the modern sports shoe 2. Sports style, youth, and modernity 3. The sports shoe reborn 4. Skateboarding and the reimagined sports shoe 5. Sneakers, basketball, and hip hop 6. Trainers on the soccer terraces 7. Globalized production, athleisure, and the postmodern sports shoe Conclusion List of Illustrations Notes Selected Bibliography Index

O autorze

Thomas Turner is a historian, writing and working in London, UK.