History of sport

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

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

The Balkan Games resulted on the one hand from the growth of modern European sport and the unsatisfactory performances of the Balkan athletes at national and international level, and on the other hand, from a desire to bring the Balkan peoples together in peace and concord.

The Balkan Games resulted on the one hand from the growth of modern European sport and the unsatisfactory performances of the Balkan athletes at national and international level, and on the other hand, from a desire to bring the Balkan peoples together in peace and concord.

For more than a century, the Olympics have been the modern world's most significant sporting event.

For more than a century, the Olympics have been the modern world's most significant sporting event.

This book examines Australia's sporting relationships with the Asian region during the interwar period.

This book examines Australia's sporting relationships with the Asian region during the interwar period.

Danish sport has been associated with Europe and the World; not least through I.

Danish sport has been associated with Europe and the World; not least through I.

This book explores, analyses, and explains divergent ideologies and practices of gymnastics in selected European nations.

This book explores, analyses, and explains divergent ideologies and practices of gymnastics in selected European nations.

This book examines the relationships between sport, nationalism and nation building in China.

This book examines the relationships between sport, nationalism and nation building in China.

Sport and architecture are two elements of contemporary life that have a broad and profound impact on the world around us.

Sport and architecture are two elements of contemporary life that have a broad and profound impact on the world around us.

This book is an historical survey of women's sport from 1850-1960.

This book is an historical survey of women's sport from 1850-1960.

London hosted the Olympic Games for the third time in 2012, a mega-event where the political, economic and social expectations could hardly be compared with the previous London Games of 1908 and 1948.

London hosted the Olympic Games for the third time in 2012, a mega-event where the political, economic and social expectations could hardly be compared with the previous London Games of 1908 and 1948.

This volume draws together scholarship across a number of disciplines - history, sociology, media and cultural studies, political science, Slavonic Studies - to examine the significance of the sport of football within Southeastern Europe, with an especial focus on countries of the former Yugoslavia.

This volume draws together scholarship across a number of disciplines - history, sociology, media and cultural studies, political science, Slavonic Studies - to examine the significance of the sport of football within Southeastern Europe, with an especial focus on countries of the former Yugoslavia.

This volume examines modern sport in its social context and concludes that it is beset with over-commercialised motives, damaged by dangerous political alignments and marred by wrongheaded social values.

This volume examines modern sport in its social context and concludes that it is beset with over-commercialised motives, damaged by dangerous political alignments and marred by wrongheaded social values.

A great depression, worsening Anglo-Australian relations, the declining British Empire and the challenge from an Australia striving to find a national identity are the context which explain bodyline and its repercussions.

A great depression, worsening Anglo-Australian relations, the declining British Empire and the challenge from an Australia striving to find a national identity are the context which explain bodyline and its repercussions.

This systematic historical and sociological study of the phenomenon of football hooliganism examines the history of crowd disorderliness at association football matches in Britain and assesses both popular and academic explanations of the problem.

This systematic historical and sociological study of the phenomenon of football hooliganism examines the history of crowd disorderliness at association football matches in Britain and assesses both popular and academic explanations of the problem.

The nineteenth century was a golden age in British sports.

The nineteenth century was a golden age in British sports.

The Routledge History of American Sport provides the first comprehensive overview of historical research in American sport from the early Colonial period to the present day.

The Routledge History of American Sport provides the first comprehensive overview of historical research in American sport from the early Colonial period to the present day.

Despite the close and longstanding links between sport and music, the relationships between these two significant cultural forms have been relatively neglected.

Despite the close and longstanding links between sport and music, the relationships between these two significant cultural forms have been relatively neglected.

No other national stereotype in the world is so closely tied with a sport, as Brazil is with football.

No other national stereotype in the world is so closely tied with a sport, as Brazil is with football.

For more than a century, sporting spectacles, media coverage, and popular audiences have staged athletics in black and white.

For more than a century, sporting spectacles, media coverage, and popular audiences have staged athletics in black and white.

Written by a team of international scholars, Sport and Nationalism in Asia - Power, Politics, and Identity is a collection of original research which addresses a number of issues central to notions of nationalism and identity in sport including: how the Olympics and other international and regional sports events have fostered an active interweaving of sport, politics and nationalism; the role of traditional sport in the building of national consciousness and national identity; the way modern sport creates and reflects nationalism, thereby giving it a voice and a focus.

Written by a team of international scholars, Sport and Nationalism in Asia - Power, Politics, and Identity is a collection of original research which addresses a number of issues central to notions of nationalism and identity in sport including: how the Olympics and other international and regional sports events have fostered an active interweaving of sport, politics and nationalism; the role of traditional sport in the building of national consciousness and national identity; the way modern sport creates and reflects nationalism, thereby giving it a voice and a focus.

From turn-of-the-century horseracing to the monolithic anti-doping attitudes now supported by sporting organizations, the development of anti-doping ideology has spread throughout modern sport.

From turn-of-the-century horseracing to the monolithic anti-doping attitudes now supported by sporting organizations, the development of anti-doping ideology has spread throughout modern sport.

Sport has become an important avenue in how we interpret, remember, and maintain our heritage.

Sport has become an important avenue in how we interpret, remember, and maintain our heritage.

This collection examines the role of sport in the lives of key revolutionary thinkers and leftist activists.

This collection examines the role of sport in the lives of key revolutionary thinkers and leftist activists.

The 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games stand as the most profitable and arguably the most important event in the history of the modern Olympic movement.

The 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games stand as the most profitable and arguably the most important event in the history of the modern Olympic movement.

The story of global sport is the story of expansion from local development to globalized industry, from recreational to marketized activity.

The story of global sport is the story of expansion from local development to globalized industry, from recreational to marketized activity.