Jugar con una pelota y un bate es algo que comenzó en Cuba casi al mismo tiempo que nuestras luchas por la independencia en el siglo XIX. Por esa razón ha devenido hecho cultural de larga duración, ……続きを見る
I'm an authentic Old School Sports Junkie. Old School because I am old as measured in time served, 79-years young; Old School because I believe in corny traditions, and the purity of sports, where a……続きを見る
著者:Lee McGowan
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2019年10月18日
Football in Fiction represents the most comprehensive historical mapping and analysis of novels related to association football (soccer). It offers a theoretically informed field guide, a scholarly ……続きを見る
The Tokyo Olympic Games are likely to feature the first transgender athlete, a topic that will be highly contentious during the competition. But transgender and intersex athletes such as Laurel Hubb……続きを見る
An authoritative 100-year history of America's National Football League from its founding.
The NFL has become the most lucrative sports league in the world, yet it has not always been a roaring succ……続きを見る
著者:Howard Means
出版社: Grand Central Publishing
発売日: 2020年06月02日
Choose a stroke and get paddling through the human history of swimming!
From man's first recorded dip into what's now the driest spot on earth to the splashing, sparkling pool party in your backyard……続きを見る
著者:Demario Davis
出版社: WestBow Press
発売日: 2019年10月09日
Having grown up in an impoverished environment, Demario Davis found himself leading a life filled with drugs, alcohol, violence, and eventually, jail. With the odds against him at every turn, he con……続きを見る
Shortlisted for the North American Society for Sports History 2020 Monograph Prize
It’s hard to imagine, but as late as the 1950s, athletes could get kicked off a team if they were caught lifting we……続きを見る
Scott Stephens received his first set of roller skates at age six in 1966 – and soon he was staging Roller Derby games in his backyard. Growing up in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s, it was impos……続きを見る
James T. Farrell and Baseball is a social history of baseball on Chicago’s South Side, drawing on the writings of novelist James T. Farrell along with historical sources. Charles DeMotte shows how b……続きを見る
著者:Hannah Ross
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2020年06月09日
A history and celebration of women's cyclingーbeginning with its origins as a political statement, beloved pastime, and early feminist actーthat shares the stories of notable cyclists and groups aro……続きを見る
“This is one of the very best baseball books in years.” Booklist, Starred Review
Reaching the major leagues is a pipe dream for most young baseball players in America. Very few ever get to live it o……続きを見る
The inspirational story of the past, present and future of Australian women's football its players, fans, and the game they love.
Australian women's football rides high on the sporting landscape now……続きを見る
This book assesses association football’s history and development in Ireland from the late 1870s until the early twenty-first century. It focuses on four key themesーsoccer’s early development befor……続きを見る
The eight chapters in this book explore more than 150 years of the development of several modern sports – baseball, basketball, cricket, football, handball, ice hockey and lacrosse – across the two ……続きを見る
China’s sports history and its contemporary role in the global sporting community have become well-known, but the sporting history and development of China’s two Special Administrative Regions – Hon……続きを見る
In the Cold War era, the confrontation between capitalism and communism played out not only in military, diplomatic, and political contexts, but also in the realm of cultureーand perhaps nowhere mor……続きを見る
Baseball inspired millions of people in the United States. It
evolved from the old bat and ball games which used to be
played in England during the 18th century. The immigrants
who came to settle in……続きを見る
著者:Jason Holt
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2019年11月21日
Sport aesthetics is an important but often marginalized field in the philosophy of sport. Kinetic Beauty offers a comprehensive, principled, pluralist introduction to the philosophical aesthetics of……続きを見る
Two Welshmen who've been given the accolade of being the top rugby referee in the world. The only two Welshmen to have refereed a World Cup final. They've not only served the game that they love, th……続きを見る
This is a book for anyone who has an interest not just in football and travel, but in people. In it we find contemporary history and reportage. Football fans will recognise the wider context of the ……続きを見る
This is the untold story of the most successful British and Irish Lions tour in history. The 1974 party are the only Lions ever to emerge undefeated.
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著者:Kristi Tredway
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2019年11月25日
Analyzing the key players and political moments in women’s professional tennis since 1968, this book explores the historical lineage of social activism within women’s tennis and the issues, expressi……続きを見る
Sportsis marked with an ocean of historical moments when it
transformed the world and made audiences hold their breath.
Men have enjoyed indulging in sports since eons. We have
looked for ways in wh……続きを見る
ootball is also known as association football or soccer. The
game is played across the globe in more than 200 countries
by 250 million players. The sport is tremendously prevalent
among the people; ……続きを見る
When people heard of my plan to walk forty days on the Appalachian Trail they were interested. They were curious. They humored me. I had camped but never outside a campground, never carrying a backp……続きを見る
"After years of rumors and speculation, Matt Hart sets out to peel back the layers of secrecy that protected the most powerful coach in running. What he finds will leave you indignantーand wondering……続きを見る
Sport’s "concussion crisis" has been characterized by controversial scientific discoveries, athlete suicides, and high-profile lawsuits involving professional sports leagues, while provoking widespr……続きを見る
著者:James Bennett
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2019年12月10日
Intercollegiate Athletics, Inc. examines the corrupting influence and damaging financial effects of big-time intercollegiate athletics, especially football and to a lesser extent basketball, on Amer……続きを見る