History of sport

This two-volume set features 400 articles on African-Americans in sports, including biographical entries as well as entries on events, tournaments, leagues, clubs, films, and associations.

This two-volume set features 400 articles on African-Americans in sports, including biographical entries as well as entries on events, tournaments, leagues, clubs, films, and associations.

Prior to the outbreak of World War II, the British presided over the largest Empire in world history, a vast transoceanic and transcontinental realm of dominions, colonies, protectorates and mandates that covered over one-quarter of the world's land mass and comprised a population of over 450-million subjects.

Prior to the outbreak of World War II, the British presided over the largest Empire in world history, a vast transoceanic and transcontinental realm of dominions, colonies, protectorates and mandates that covered over one-quarter of the world's land mass and comprised a population of over 450-million subjects.

Filling a gap in the literature on the history of sport in Europe, the book brings together complementary studies on diverse aspects of the interrelation between sport and urban space.

Filling a gap in the literature on the history of sport in Europe, the book brings together complementary studies on diverse aspects of the interrelation between sport and urban space.

This is the first edited collection of its kind to analyse the distinct but overlapping topics of dress, costume, sport and leisure history.

This is the first edited collection of its kind to analyse the distinct but overlapping topics of dress, costume, sport and leisure history.

Ever since different communities began processes of global migration, sport has been an integral feature in how we conceptualise and experience the notion of being part of a diaspora.

Ever since different communities began processes of global migration, sport has been an integral feature in how we conceptualise and experience the notion of being part of a diaspora.

Sport has played a central role in modern Ireland's history.

Sport has played a central role in modern Ireland's history.

Bodybuilding has become an increasingly dominant part of popular gym culture within the last century.

Bodybuilding has become an increasingly dominant part of popular gym culture within the last century.

Chinese martial arts have a long, meaningful history and deep cultural roots.

Chinese martial arts have a long, meaningful history and deep cultural roots.

This book explores several cultural and historical paths intertwined in the genesis and development of sport and physical activities within colonial and postcolonial contexts.

This book explores several cultural and historical paths intertwined in the genesis and development of sport and physical activities within colonial and postcolonial contexts.

Twenty years of professionalism has seen rugby union undergo dramatic transformations, from changes to everyday training cultures to the growth of the Rugby World Cup into one of the largest global sporting events.

Sport History is a growing field of study in Brazil.

Sport History is a growing field of study in Brazil.

Sport and war have been closely linked in Australian and New Zealand society since the nineteenth century.

Sport and war have been closely linked in Australian and New Zealand society since the nineteenth century.

Sport as it is largely understood today was invented during the long eighteenth century when the modern rules of sport were codified; sport emerged as a business, a spectacle, and a performance; and gaming organized itself around sporting culture.

Sport as it is largely understood today was invented during the long eighteenth century when the modern rules of sport were codified; sport emerged as a business, a spectacle, and a performance; and gaming organized itself around sporting culture.

The significance of the Corinthians Football Club, founded in 1882, has been widely acknowledged by historians of football and by sports historians generally.

Gerald Howard-Smith's life is intriguing both in its own right and as a vehicle for exploring the world in which he lived.

Gerald Howard-Smith's life is intriguing both in its own right and as a vehicle for exploring the world in which he lived.

From the eighth century BCE to the late third century CE, Greeks trained in sport and competed in periodic contests that generated enormous popular interest.

From the eighth century BCE to the late third century CE, Greeks trained in sport and competed in periodic contests that generated enormous popular interest.

It is often assumed that a recognisably modern sporting culture did not emerge until the eighteenth century.

It is often assumed that a recognisably modern sporting culture did not emerge until the eighteenth century.

Tennis is one of the world's most popular sports, as levels of participation and spectatorship demonstrate.

Tennis is one of the world's most popular sports, as levels of participation and spectatorship demonstrate.

'The Europe of football' is one of the aspects of the history of European integration that has generated the smallest amount of academic research.

'The Europe of football' is one of the aspects of the history of European integration that has generated the smallest amount of academic research.

While globalisation has undoubtedly occurred in many social fields, in sport the importance of a the nation has remained.

While globalisation has undoubtedly occurred in many social fields, in sport the importance of a the nation has remained.

The Pan-American Games, begun officially in 1951 in Buenos Aires and held in every region of the western hemisphere, have become one of the largest multi-sport games in the world.

The Pan-American Games, begun officially in 1951 in Buenos Aires and held in every region of the western hemisphere, have become one of the largest multi-sport games in the world.

This innovative and timely volume of essays critically interrogates the shared histories between sport and a variety of leisure, entertainment and cultural pursuits.

This innovative and timely volume of essays critically interrogates the shared histories between sport and a variety of leisure, entertainment and cultural pursuits.

This dual biography highlights the transformative influence of Sam Lacy and Wendell Smith, two journalists who changed American sport and society through their calls to desegregate Major League Baseball and recognize Black baseball players.

This book examines the importance of California - a socio-cultural, economic and political powerhouse - in the history of modern sport.

This wide-ranging analysis of the key themes and developments in sports history provides an accessible introduction to the topic.

This insightful volume considers how to locate America in the sporting world: in the traditions and rituals of a national pastime or in the baseball academies run by American professional teams in the Dominican Republic?

This insightful volume considers how to locate America in the sporting world: in the traditions and rituals of a national pastime or in the baseball academies run by American professional teams in the Dominican Republic?

This Great Symbol is the definitive study of the origins of the modern Olympic Games and of their founder, Pierre de Coubertin, whose ideological stamp the Olympics still bear.

This Great Symbol is the definitive study of the origins of the modern Olympic Games and of their founder, Pierre de Coubertin, whose ideological stamp the Olympics still bear.

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