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The Making of Sporting Cultures
The Making of Sporting Cultures presents an analysis of western sport by examining how the collective passions and feelings of people have contributed to the making of sport as a …
Sport in Socialist Yugoslavia
The history of sport in socialist Yugoslavia is a peculiar lens through which to examine the country’s social, cultural and political transformations. Sport is represented as one …
The Olympic Movement and the Middle East and North Africa Region
This book offers different insights into the study of the Olympic movement in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.It seeks to capture how political and cultural …
The Future of Football
World football has undergone unprecedented change over the past decade. On the field, the richest European clubs have retained their pre-eminence, but with multinational playing …
Forced Migration and Sport
This book aims to extend and deepen conversations among scholars, policymakers, and practitioners about the role of sport in relation to contexts and issues of forced migration.The …
Games and Sporting Events in History
Games and Sporting Events in History offers a broad global perspective on sports and games in Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia. A diverse set of topics covers education, …
Cricket, Migration and Diasporic Communities
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 …
Olympic Perspectives
Historical research on the Olympic Movement is highly valuable as it displays processes of continuity and transformation by which knowledge building processes on the Olympic …
Football Fans Around the World
This volume investigates the way in which football supporters around the world express themselves as followers of teams, whether they be professional, amateur or national. The …
Indigenous People, Race Relations and Australian Sport
The Indigenous peoples of Australia have a proud history of participation and the achievement of excellence in Australian sports. Historically, Australian sports have provided a …
Sport, Bodily Culture and Classical Antiquity in Modern Greece
Ancient Greece was the model that guided the emergence of many facets of the modern sports movement, including most notably the Olympics. Yet the process whereby aspects of the …
The Politics of South African Cricket
The Politics of South African Cricket analyses the relationship between politics and sport, in particular cricket, in South Africa. South African Cricket embraces an ethos that is …