History of sport

What can sport do to produce social change in our world today?

Die Kulturgeschichte des größten Sportereignisses aller Zeiten: die Olympischen SpieleNach dem großen, von der Presse hochgelobten Erfolg ›Fußball.

You can't separate football from the man.

The "e;Miracle Mets"e; of 1969 had great hopes and enormous expectations for the coming decade.

One of the most popular players in Cincinnati Reds history, Ernie "e;Schnozz"e; Lombardi played 1931-1947 as an eight-time All-Star catcher.

Sports in African History, Politics, and Identity Formation explores how sports can render a key to unlocking complex social, political, economic, and gendered relations across Africa and the Diaspora.

A lot happened in baseball in 1980.

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.

Shifting European identities, cultural loyalties and divisions are often expressed more directly through attitudes to 'the people's game' game than in any other arena.

Do you remember the Battle of Old Trafford?

Millions of America's youth dream of playing major league baseball or in a college bowl game on New Year's Day.

Bringing together leading international writers on cricket and society, this important new book places cricket in the postcolonial life of the major Test-playing countries.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of current debates on the influence of the Olympic Games on cities, urban policies and the governance of global cities, making a valuable contribution to the fields of Olympic studies and urban studies.

';Stay in the Fight Finish the Fight Fight Finished.

An eccentric, fascinating expos of a world most of us know nothing about.

A massive audience in sitting-rooms, parks and pubs watched England in the 2018 World Cup.

From star players to rioting fans, The People''s Game examines how football shaped the history of communist East Germany.

Curt Flood in the Media examines the public discourse surrounding Curt Flood (1938-1997), the star centerfielder for the St.

This new study lifts the veil on the high-profile but often misunderstood gladiators of ancient Rome, from their origins to the dawn of the Principate.

This is the first book to focus on indigenous, traditional, and folk sports and sporting cultures.

This book examines the life and career of Michael Jordan, one of the greatest athletes in the history of sports, asking how he transcended his sport to become a canonical myth in popular culture.

Football is the most widely played, watched and studied sport in the world.

In this provocative and thought-provoking book, Professor of Ethics Thomas Sobirk Petersen explains why the World Anti-Doping Agency's doping rules are poorly justified and makes a case for a new third way in anti-doping policy that would allow athletes to use substances and methods currently on WADA's prohibited list.

First published in 1892, "e;Foil and Sabre"e; is a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to fencing.

This book is a comprehensive guide to the two-move chess problem that will delight chess lovers.

Until 2004, when the Boston Red Sox won their first World Series Championship in 86 years, the team had been plagued by the Curse of the Bambino, a mythical drought attributed to the team's loss of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees.

Earl Weaver put his best defensive players on the field early in the game rather than make late-inning defensive replacements, and he didn't like to bunt, figuring if you played for only one run that's all you'd get.

The best-selling collection of soccer facts, stats and stories is back for another fully updated edition!

Starting university can be a daunting prospect, as students come to grips with new ways of working, learning and thinking.

Football is unquestionably the world's most popular and influential sport.

For readers of The Boys in the Boat, the remarkable story of the unlikely Canadian hockey team that clinched Olympic gold in 1948The announcement was shockingCanada, the birthplace of hockey, would not be sending a team to the 1948 Winter Olympics in Switzerland.

In the 1880s, a Brooklyn baseball manager plotted to steal pitching signs and alert batters with a hidden electrical wire.

In the modern era, sport has been an important agent, and symptom, of the political, cultural and commercial pressures for convergence and globalization.

The Sourcebook of Ancient Greek Athletics offers the most comprehensive collection to date of primary sources in translation for the study of ancient Greek athletics.

In 1892, Lord Frederick Arthur Stanley donated the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup - later known as the Stanley Cup - to crown the first Canadian hockey champions.

The contributions here cover the major socio-economic, political, cultural and sporting dimensions of the 1998 World Cup.

In 1869, the Cincinnati Red Stockings became the first all-professional baseball club.

Napoleon Lajoie was the sixth player, and the first second baseman, to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Baseball has had many outstanding Latin American pitchers since the early 20th century.

Olympic Education is not only a text book for students and teachers in physical and sport education but also for course instructors and coaches in children`s youth sport programmes, as well as for executives in sports federations.

This is the first book to take an in-depth look at women's football in Africa.

In the 111-year-history of the Boston Red Sox, fans have been treated to countless firsts the first manager of the franchise (Jimmy Collins), the first American League MVP to play for the Sox (Tris Speaker), the first 20-game winner (Bill Dineen), the first to hit 500 home runs (Ted Williams), and the first Red Sox pitcher to win the Cy Young Award (Roger Clemens).

Among early 20th century baseball players, John Preston "e;Pete"e; Hill (1882-1951) was considered the equal of Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker--only skin color kept him out of the majors.

In this compellingly argued and deeply personal book, respected sports historian Michael Oriard who was himself a former second-team All-American at Notre Dame explores a wide range of trends that have changed the face of big-time college football and transformed the role of the student-athlete.

In recent decades, five to ten times as many persons have turned out for the Olympic flame relay as have watched Olympic sports contests live.

When baseball's reserve clause was struck down in late 1975 and ushered in free agency, club owners feared it would ruin the game; instead, there seemed to be no end to the "e;baseball fever"e; that would grip America.

This biography traces the hard life and colorful career of "e;Iron Man"e; McGinnity from his childhood working the coalfields of Illinois to his death in 1929.

Originally published in 1869, this unusual book will appeal graetly to all who are interested in the early history and manufacture of the bicycle.

The New York Yankees are baseball's most storied team.

Sport in the Soviet Union, Second Revised Edition focuses on the development of sports in the Soviet Union, particularly noting the sport programs and contributions of sports organizations in the development of sports in the country.