Sports History

This fascinating history considers why football grew from a marginal and un-organised activity into the dominant winter entertainment for millions of people globally, comparing the development of each of the major forms of football...

This fascinating history considers why football grew from a marginal and un-organised activity into the dominant winter entertainment for millions of people globally, comparing the development of each of the major forms of football...

The volume reconstructs the significance of the legacies of some of the greatest achievers in world soccer, who not only represent their national identity at the global stage, but also highlight the proven role of the players, coaches or managers in projecting a global image. In other words, the wor..

The volume reconstructs the significance of the legacies of some of the greatest achievers in world soccer, who not only represent their national identity at the global stage, but also highlight the proven role of the players, coaches or managers in projecting a global image. In other words, the wor..

A study of the controversies that have plagued Indian cricket over the years, bringing to life the intensity surrounding India's national game...

A study of the controversies that have plagued Indian cricket over the years, bringing to life the intensity surrounding India's national game...

How does the historian’s approach to the history of sport differ from those trained in the social sciences or in physical education? All three have contributed significantly to the remarkable amount of research in sports history in the last generation. But what is the relationship between them? Why,..

How does the historian’s approach to the history of sport differ from those trained in the social sciences or in physical education? All three have contributed significantly to the remarkable amount of research in sports history in the last generation. But what is the relationship between them? Why,..

Mapping an Empire of American Sport charts the expansion of and the resistance to American power in the Western Hemisphere and around the Pacific Rim. It provides a novel and sweeping historical roadmap to the struggles over sporting globalisation._x005F_x000D_ This book was published as a special i..

Mapping an Empire of American Sport charts the expansion of and the resistance to American power in the Western Hemisphere and around the Pacific Rim. It provides a novel and sweeping historical roadmap to the struggles over sporting globalisation._x005F_x000D_ This book was published as a special i..

This collection is an important marker in research associated with the history and culture of some traditional sports in several Asian countries. The chapters originally published as a special issue in the International Journal of the History of Sport...

The process of converting the ‘past’ into ‘history’ involves engagement with a multitude of different sources, methods and approaches. This book deals with some of these innovations, and what emerges is that sports historians can, and should, look at different ways of doing research...