Many Americans know more about the stadiums that loom over their cityscapes or college campuses t...

Olympic Aspirations: Realised and Unrealised surveys more than a century of the Olympic Movement'...

This book offers original interpretations of the 'built environments' that shape sport in U.S. so...

Olympic Aspirations: Realised and Unrealised surveys more than a century of the Olympic Movement'...

'An essential source on African American athletes and Olympic history.' -Booklist, Starred Review...

In 2016, the Super Bowl, the climactic spectacle of American professional football, celebrated it...

is a truly comprehensive collection, divided across four themed volumes:

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

A Cultural History of Sport in the Modern Age covers the period 1920 to today. Over this time, wo...

A Cultural History of Sport in Antiquity covers the period 800 BCE to 600 CE. From the founding o...

A Cultural History of Sport in the Age of Enlightenment covers the period 1650 to 1800, a period ...

A Cultural History of Sport in the Age of Industry covers the period 1800 to 1920. Over this peri...

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

Charting human movement from hunter?gatherers to modern athletic culture, the work intertwines hi...

This collection offers new insights on the role of sport in defining and shaping local, regional,...