Abstracts are presented of 175 papers along with summaries of two panel discussions on: physical culture studies and sport history; and sports and political activism. Topics and sports covered include: basketball; soccer; American football; tennis; colonialism; rodeo; hiking; women; aquatics; the...

This book examines sport in Britain since 1945 and examines its place in British culture. It is argued that sport is not neutral, asocial or apolitical and so it needs to be assessed in its widest cultural context to be understood. This new edition expands the range of sports covered. As well as...

This study investigates Melbourne's status as an Olympic city. Beginning with its successful hosting of the 1956 'Friendly Games', Melbourne has subsequently established a vibrant Olympic legacy. This has included the development of world-class sports facilities, especially in the Olympic Park...

This book examines the 20th century history of the ten most popular sports in Britain. It also tries to cover developments in Scotland, Wales, Ireland and England. The book provides the origin, the power structure, the relationship between the participatory mass and the eminent, and the role of...

The rapid growth of western sports in China in the early twentieth century gave rise to modern sports venues and facilities. During the past 100 years, an increasing number of large sports complexes were built around the country to facilitate the development of sport and serve the mission of...

Throughout the history, people have done a variety of physical activities such as war preparation, ceremony, entertainment, and many other similar activities. Due to the requirements of the era, women have sometimes been involved in these physical activities and sometimes left out. Today, however,...

Sport in Nicaragua during the revolutionary years 1979-1990 made great progress, progress which was founded in the innovatory development of a unique Third World sport system. The emergence of sports in clubs and the organization of sport up to 1979 are traced. Up until 1978 the sports movement was ...

The article provides an historical account of the development of facilities for mass sport in East Northumberland, UK over the period 1850-1914. The objectives are to identify the basic elements underlying the shift from public grounds to enclosed sporting grounds, to examine the complex...

To accommodate sporting events of international significance, the city of Nice has built a large stadium, the Allianz Riviera. However, since decentralization, the public sector can no longer contribute, by itself, to the budgets dedicated to sports facilities. In light of changing patterns of...

As has been shown in the article, the Zappas Olympics generously contributed to the revival of the Olympic Games in the nineteenth century. The course of these competitions has been described, and a brief summary of Zappas's work, which does not often attract a lot of attention in, for example,...