Myths and Milestones in the History of Sport
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The conventional history of sport, as conveyed by television and the sports press, has thrown up a great many apparent turning points, but knowledge of these apparently defining moments is often slight. This book offers readable, in-depth studies of a series of these watersheds in sport history and of the circumstances in which they came about.

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The conventional history of sport, as conveyed by television and the sports press, has thrown up a great many apparent turning points, but knowledge of these apparently defining moments is often slight. This book offers readable, in-depth studies of a series of these watersheds in sport history and of the circumstances in which they came about.
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DAVID L. ANDREWS Professor in the Department of Kinesiology, the University of Maryland, USA TONY COLLINS Professor of Sport History, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK JESSICA FRANCOMBE Doctoral student in the Department of Education, the University of Bath, UK GERALD R. GEMS Professor of Health and Physical Education, North Central College, Illinois, USA ELLIOTT J. GORN Professor of History, Brown University, Rhode Island, USA ANDY GRAINGER Lecturer at Liverpool Hope University, UK BARBARA KEYS Lecturer in History, the University of Melbourne, Australia MICHAEL ORIARD Professor of English, Oregon State University, USA DILWYN PORTER Senior Research Fellow, the Centre for Sport and Culture, De Montfort University, UK IAN RITCHIE Associate Professor, Department of Physical Education and Kinesiology, Brock University, Canada DAVE RUSSELL Emeritus Professor of History and Northern Studies, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK JAIME SCHULTZ Lecturer, Pennsylvania State University, USA MICHAEL SILK Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Bath University, UK MAUREEN SMITH Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Science, California State University, USA ROB STEEN Senior Lecturer in Sports Journalism, Brighton University, UK STEPHEN WAGG Professor of Sport and Society, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK