Books in the Sport in the Global Society series

Linking sport to the emergence and growth of modern Asian society, this collection of essays offers a lucid, original and highly readable history of politics, culture and sport in the world's most populous region.

Introducing themes of racial/political unification, commercialisation, the media and globalisation, this book explores the role of cricket and sport in each of the competing nations, with particular reference to the Cricket World Cup.

A record of the role of selected middle-class individuals across Europe who made notable contributions to the early evolution of modern sport and who saw success in modern sport as an expression of human qualities to be admired.

Tragedies from the world of soccer are examined in one volume. Looking at the causes of the disasters and the lessons that can be learnt, this book explores some of the most poignant incidents in soccer history.

This book examines the emergence and growth of cricket in relation to diverse patterns of European settlement in New Zealand - such as the systematic colonization schemes of Edward Gibbon Wakefield and the gold discoveries of the 1860s.

This work traces the history, achievements and prospects of football in India and among global south Asian communities.

With essays covering all aspects of sports history, this volume is a tribute to the scholarship of Professor Tony Mangan. Regarded by many as a pioneer and mentor, Professor Mangan's foundational work has sustained the field for decades.

The relationship between sport and the development of male identity from the 19th to the 20th century is discussed in this collection of studies on the making of modern masculinity.

This work explores the use of the image of the male body in European, American and Asian fascism of varying degrees and various interpretations, and the differences and similarities involved.

Describes the varieties of sport, games and physical education practiced in Western Europe between 450-1650 AD. This book presents changing nature of geopolitical structures, educational systems, religious institutions and the practice of warfare and medicine. It is suitable for various historians of sport and culture.

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

The contributors to this volume examine the idea of empire with the view that sport was an important instrument of imperial cultural association and subsequent cultural change.

Sport is far more than a national and international entertainment. It is a source of political identity, morale, pride and superiority. This text explores the influence of sport on the nations of Europe as a mechanism of national solidarity.

This volume is the first major work in the English language to bring together the research and reflections of scholars who have chosen to concentrate on the cultural impact of sport - the modern opium of the masses - in a Scandinavian setting.

This work studies the links between international football and politics in Britain between 1900 and 1939. It shows how the British government saw sport as an instrument of policy and cultural propaganda.

This book focuses on the sport-media phenomenon and analyses such issues as new media technology, gender, ethnicity, collective identity and globalization, as well as aspects of the political economy of the media.

This book analyses the Tour de France over its long history both as France's most prestigious and famous sporting event and as a European and, increasingly, a world cycling competition.

This book examines the cultural, social, political, economic and aesthetic history of Sport in Europe.

This work examines the national and international importance of sport and its role in shaping post-millennium global culture.

This work analyzes the history of the beach as an integral aspect of Australian culture.

This volume looks at the fundamental geography of cricket, especially in England where the game is played by county sides.

The prize-winning War Memorial Gymnasium at the University of British Columbia is discussed here. The book examines what the building's design, construction and shifting functions reveal about the university's values during the post-war years.

A tribute to Eric Dunning, one of the leading sports sociologist in the English-speaking world. It addresses Dunning's contributions to the sociological and historical study of sport, covering key topics such as hooliganism, celebrity and gender relations.

Covering the period 1850-2004, this book considers soccer as a derivative sport, imaginatively adapted to suit modern Indian socio-cultural needs and designed to fulfil political imperatives and satisfy economic aspirations. It also deals with the appropriation, assimilation and subversion of sporting ideals in colonial and post-colonial India.

Offers a systematic inquiry into American insularity, exceptionalism and imperialism, from a symbolic rejection of British rule and British sports to the status of sports such as baseball and basketball in the face of globalization. This collection of essays relates common threads of discussion from politics and economics to the sporting arena.

A collection of essays, which consider American sports in their social, economic, cultural and political aspects, charting their evolution. It considers the relationship between the developed and developing world; and culture and masculinity.

Challenging the respectable image of Victorian society, this collection explores the sinful side of middle-class Victorian leisure, highlighting the problematic relationship between public respectability and private pleasure.

This work traces the history, achievements and prospects of football in India and among global south Asian communities.

With the aim of deepening understanding of the place of women in the cultural heritage of modern society, this collection of essays brings together the hitherto discrete perspectives of women's studies and the social history of sport.