History of sport

The Politicisation of Sport in Modern China: Communist and Champions is the first book in English which examines in chronological order key issues in sport in the People's Republic of China from 1949 to 2012 in the context of Chinese history, politics and society.

This volume argues for a more quantitative, economic and theoretical approach to sports history.

The Handbook of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is an authoritative and comprehensive account of the world's greatest sporting and cultural event.

This perceptive, lively study explores U.

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

George Altman grew up in the segregated South but was able to participate in the sport at more levels of competition than perhaps anyone else who has ever played the game, from the 1940s to the 1970s.

In 1916, over 500 men played in a major league game.

Since the tenure of Coach Adolph Rupp, the University of Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team has been a virtual powerhouse, repeatedly dominating the Southeastern Conference and garnering eight national titles.

Since 1971, 35 Negro League baseball players and executives have been admitted to the Hall of Fame.

Ralph Kiner (1922-2014) was one of the most feared power hitters of his era.

This is the first book to offer a comprehensive overview of the history and development of sport from the ancient to the contemporary era in China.

A Cultural History of Sport in the Renaissance covers the period 1450 to 1650.

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

It was a novel experiment as baseball's leading men formed the National Association, bringing order to the hodgepodge of professional and amateur clubs that made up the sport from the end of the Civil War through 1870.

This work, which picks up where the author's previous book, The Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940s (McFarland, 2005), left off, covers the Dodgers' final eight years in Brooklyn.

After many disappointing seasons during the 1930s, the 1938 Pittsburgh Pirates looked like they were finally poised to claim their first National League pennant since 1927.

In the last twenty years, Indian cricket has been transformed.

This book investigates the declining status of cricket within contemporary British society after the high-water mark of England's Ashes victory in 2005.

History has remembered Carl Furillo as an opponent of Jackie Robinson becoming a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers, despite that being untrue.

Relive the games, moves, and players of the hard-hitting team that won the 1986 World Series.

In 1903, a small league in California defied Organized Baseball by adding teams in Portland and Seattle to become the strongest minor league of the twentieth century.

Phil Tufnell, cricket legend and national treasure, has populated his very own Cricket Hall of Fame with a deliciously eclectic collection of cricket legends and offbeat characters, with joyful results.

Since England's famous 1966 World Cup victory, Alf Ramsey has been regarded as the greatest of all British football managers.

Harold "e;Pee Wee"e; Reese may have been the most beloved Brooklyn Dodgers player of all time.

The Cold War spanned some five decades from the devastation that remained after World War Two until the fall of the Berlin wall, and for much of that time the perception was that only on the Eastern side were politics and sport inextricably linked.

He pitched a baseball game that was more than perfect, and yet he lost.

This is an exacting social history of Indian cricket between 1780 and 1947.

The Politicisation of Sport in Modern China: Communist and Champions is the first book in English which examines in chronological order key issues in sport in the People's Republic of China from 1949 to 2012 in the context of Chinese history, politics and society.

This is the first book to examine football (soccer) through the lens of diaspora studies.

Speed Queens is a history of women in motorsport, from the very beginning in 1897 to the modern era.

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.

It began as a Depression-era, winner-take-all challenge between two Chicago stockbrokers, one of them a flamboyant daredevil with more guts than money and the other with more money than sense.

The struggle for status within sport is a microcosm of the struggle for rights, freedom and recognition within society.

This book presents a series of fascinating case studies that show how the lives and bodies of clubs, players and fans around the world are enmeshed with politics.

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

A Cultural History of Sport in the Medieval Age covers the period 600 to 1450.

Association football is now the global sport, consumed in various ways by millions of people across the world.

Games obsessed the Victorian and Edwardian public schools.

Every serious baseball fan can attest to the perennial excellence of stars like Babe Ruth and Ken Griffey, Jr.

In times when the social sciences have become increasingly fragmented and more focused on 'the pieces of the puzzle', the puzzle, as a topic in its own right, has slowly been moved towards the background.

As sport has grown, progressively replacing religion, in its power to excite passion, provide emotional escape, offer fraternal (and increasingly sororital) bonding, it has come to loom larger and larger in the lives of Europeans and others.

This work uses practical measures to scientifically rank major league players, position by position, according to their offensive and defensive skills.

'A timely, engaging and thought-provoking read from an ideal guide to explore what the future may hold.

The Giant-Dodger rivalry was considered the best in baseball by 1890 and remains the game's oldest and most storied rivalry today.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2024 CRICKET BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE CRICKET SOCIETY AND MCC BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024 'The gripping story of England's transformation from prissy blockers to double world champions'The Times'A must-read for any cricket lover'Nasser Hussain, Former England captain and Sky Sports commentatorThe inside story of how England became the first men's team to hold both of cricket's World Cups simultaneously, from the players and key people involved.

The son of a coal miner from a small Illinois town, Cleveland Indians shortstop Ray Chapman lived the American dream until his untimely death at age twenty-nine.

Bat, Ball and Field is a wonderful foray into the history and culture of cricket.

Sport and spectacle in the ancient world has become a vital area of broad new exploration over the last few decades.