Football variants and related games

The Emergence of Football fuses sports history into mainstream economic, social and cultural history, setting the development of the people's game against the backdrop of the Industrial Revolution.

The Emergence of Football fuses sports history into mainstream economic, social and cultural history, setting the development of the people's game against the backdrop of the Industrial Revolution.

Soccer is the world's most valuable sport, generating bigger revenues, as well as being watched and played by more people, than any other.

Soccer is the world's most valuable sport, generating bigger revenues, as well as being watched and played by more people, than any other.

Soccer, the most popular mass spectator sport in the world, has long been a site which articulates the complexities and diversities of the everyday life of the nation.

Soccer has long been known as 'the beautiful game'.

Soccer has long been known as 'the beautiful game'.

This book assesses association football's history and development in Ireland from the late 1870s until the early twenty-first century.

This book assesses association football's history and development in Ireland from the late 1870s until the early twenty-first century.

As the digital revolution continues apace, emergent technologies and means of communication present new challenges and opportunities for the football industry.

As the digital revolution continues apace, emergent technologies and means of communication present new challenges and opportunities for the football industry.

In what sense can organized football fans be understood as political actors or participants in social movements?

In what sense can organized football fans be understood as political actors or participants in social movements?

In recent years, football's status as "e;the world's sport"e; has shown little sign of waning.

In recent years, football's status as "e;the world's sport"e; has shown little sign of waning.

This book presents an overview on sport history research in Europe by giving insights into various topics between Europe's south and north.

This book presents an overview on sport history research in Europe by giving insights into various topics between Europe's south and north.

When Don Revie took over this club, Leeds were a rugby league town.

When Don Revie took over this club, Leeds were a rugby league town.

The definitive, lavishly illustrated history of the Green Bay Packers, commemorating the team's 100-year anniversary: "e;Exceptional [and] engrossing.

This volume investigates the way in which football supporters around the world express themselves as followers of teams, whether they be professional, amateur or national.

This volume investigates the way in which football supporters around the world express themselves as followers of teams, whether they be professional, amateur or national.

This book tells the story of 'the Lady Footballers'.

This book tells the story of 'the Lady Footballers'.

This collection illustrates the expansiveness of an interdisciplinary approach to the study of sport.

This collection illustrates the expansiveness of an interdisciplinary approach to the study of sport.

Soccer is the most popular mass spectator sport in the world, gaining huge media coverage and reaching all levels of society in countries all around the world.

Soccer is the most popular mass spectator sport in the world, gaining huge media coverage and reaching all levels of society in countries all around the world.

The commercialization of sport since the 1990s has had a number of consequences.

The commercialization of sport since the 1990s has had a number of consequences.

This book critically examines the ways in which sports contribute to, or inhibit, social well-being, the directions these changes take and the conditions necessary for sport to have beneficial outcomes.

This book critically examines the ways in which sports contribute to, or inhibit, social well-being, the directions these changes take and the conditions necessary for sport to have beneficial outcomes.

Over the past decade, European football has seen tremendous changes impacting upon its international framework as well as local traditions and national institutions.

Over the past decade, European football has seen tremendous changes impacting upon its international framework as well as local traditions and national institutions.

Coaches are amongst the most visible figures in sport today but little is known about the history of their profession.

Coaches are amongst the most visible figures in sport today but little is known about the history of their profession.

As football clubs have become luxury investments, their decisions increasingly mirror those of any other business organisation.

As football clubs have become luxury investments, their decisions increasingly mirror those of any other business organisation.

Since the mid-nineteenth century, the United States has used sport as a vehicle for spreading its influence and extending its power, especially in the Western Hemisphere and around the Pacific Rim, but also in every corner of the rest of the world.

Since the mid-nineteenth century, the United States has used sport as a vehicle for spreading its influence and extending its power, especially in the Western Hemisphere and around the Pacific Rim, but also in every corner of the rest of the world.

Australia is only a small player in the world's political and economic landscapes, yet, for many decades, it has been considered to be a global powerhouse in terms of its sporting successes.

Australia is only a small player in the world's political and economic landscapes, yet, for many decades, it has been considered to be a global powerhouse in terms of its sporting successes.

Football clubs across the world continue to embody many of the collective symbols, identifications and processes of connectivity which have long been associated with the notion of 'community'.

Football clubs across the world continue to embody many of the collective symbols, identifications and processes of connectivity which have long been associated with the notion of 'community'.

When studying the social phenomena in and around football, five major aspects of globalisation processes become evident: international migration, the global flow of capital, the syncretistic nature of tradition and modernity in contemporary culture, new experiences of time and space and the revolution in information technologies.

When studying the social phenomena in and around football, five major aspects of globalisation processes become evident: international migration, the global flow of capital, the syncretistic nature of tradition and modernity in contemporary culture, new experiences of time and space and the revolution in information technologies.

Firmly situating South African teams, players, and associations in the international framework in which they have to compete, South Africa and the Global Game: Football, Apartheid, and Beyond presents an interdisciplinary analysis of how and why South Africa underwent a remarkable transformation from a pariah in world sport to the first African host of a World Cup in 2010.

Firmly situating South African teams, players, and associations in the international framework in which they have to compete, South Africa and the Global Game: Football, Apartheid, and Beyond presents an interdisciplinary analysis of how and why South Africa underwent a remarkable transformation from a pariah in world sport to the first African host of a World Cup in 2010.

This book is a fascinating journey through a series of scholarly articles.

This book is a fascinating journey through a series of scholarly articles.