Books in the Sport in the Global Society - Historical Perspectives series

Presents an interpretation of sport in contemporary South Africa through an historical account of the contours of the evolution of sport - and their wider social ramifications - in the twentieth century.

Sport and Revolutionaries examines the role that sport has played in political activism and revolutionary movements. The book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.

Emerging from the ΓÇÿhistory from belowΓÇÖ movement, sport history was marginalised for decades by those working within more traditional historical fields (and institutions). Although a degree of ignorance still exists, sport history has now acquired a level of credibility through the dedicated work of professional historians. And yet, as this authority has been established, changes to UK higher education funding (the removal of direct state funding, the Research Excellence Framework, and tuition fees) and academic publishing (open access) have the potential to damage, or even end, sports research. This book examines sport history from a variety of perspectives. Do mainstream historians need to engage, or ΓÇÿplayΓÇÖ, with sports historians? Has the postmodernist ΓÇÿcultural turnΓÇÖ in sports history been helpful to the sub-discipline? How can the teaching of sports studies be more innovative and inspiring? How can oral history and sport history be utilised in the study of other branches of historical interest. Although changes are required in dealing with the current political reality of UK higher education, sport history still has a great deal to offer students, future employers and the public alike. This book was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.

This book examines the evolution of motor sport from its creation in central Europe, throughout the rest of the continent and elsewhere, including in both North and South America.It was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.

Analyses the relationship between globalisation, politicisation, and 'masculinisation' within the field of European sport in Denmark covering early individualistic action, German occupation politics during World War II, and the Beijing games of 2008.

This book offers a complete understanding of the role of gymnastics and expressive movements in cultural and ideological transmission over time and identifies the impact of these concepts on American physical education, sports systems and sports cultures. It was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.

Analyses Mexico City's staging of the 1968 Olympic Games. This title explains how international criticism over its competence re-ignited a series of long-standing stereotypes, prejudices, and divisions within Mexican society.

This collection offers new insights on the role of sport in defining and shaping local, regional, national, and international cultures in the Americas. The chapters originally published as a special issue in The International Journal of the History of Sport.

Mapping an Empire of American Sport charts the expansion of and the resistance to American power in the Western Hemisphere and around the Pacific Rim. It provides a novel and sweeping historical roadmap to the struggles over sporting globalisation. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.

This volume illuminates the evolving political, economic, environmental and cultural implications of sport in society. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue in The International Journal of The History of Sport.

Olympic Aspirations is the companion volume to the well received Olympic Legacies and provides original, candid and constructive contributions to the pursuit of the fulfilment of Olympic Idealism in action.This book was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.