Sports History

From the early origins of the ancient Olympics to gladiatorial shows in late antiquity, the chapters, written by prominent scholars on ancient sport, provide original insights into key aspects of ancient sport in its historical, social and ideological setting._x000D_ This book was published as a spe..

From the early origins of the ancient Olympics to gladiatorial shows in late antiquity, the chapters, written by prominent scholars on ancient sport, provide original insights into key aspects of ancient sport in its historical, social and ideological setting._x005F_x000D_ This book was published as..

This book draws together some of Brian Stoddart’s most important writings, showing how he has influenced thinking about and the analysis of sports practice in a wide variety of social and cultural settings...

The book explores the significant, poignant and fascinating role of sport in the making of martial masculinity during, and its remaking after,the Great War. _x000D_ This book was originally published as a special issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport...

The book explores the significant, poignant and fascinating role of sport in the making of martial masculinity during, and its remaking after,the Great War. _x005F_x000D_ This book was originally published as a special issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport...

The book explores the significant, poignant and fascinating role of sport in the making of martial masculinity during, and its remaking after,the Great War. _x005F_x000D_ This book was originally published as a special issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport...

The book’s aim is to shed light on processes that shaped the Israeli sport arena since late 19th century till this very day...

This volume traces the rise and transformation of organized sport and its impact on social patterns and gender roles. Stressing the essential continuity of the sporting experience, the author shows the changing tempo of sport through the ages and explores the broader effects of the time element on t..

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the historical, political, and technical evolution of taekwondo. Many of the supposedly ‘traditional’ and ‘ancient’ Korean cultural elements attached to taekwondo are, in fact, remnants of East Asia’s modernization drive, and largely inherited from the ..

The British World and the Five Rings constitutes the first history of the former British Empire’s engagement with the Olympic Games. It focuses not only on Britain and her Dominions, but on the Empire as a whole._x005F_x005F_x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of Sport in Society...

The British World and the Five Rings constitutes the first history of the former British Empire’s engagement with the Olympic Games. It focuses not only on Britain and her Dominions, but on the Empire as a whole._x005F_x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of Sport in Society...

The contributors to this volume examine the idea of empire with the view that sport was an important instrument of imperial cultural association and subsequent cultural change...