Emerging from the ‘history from below’ movement, sport history was marginalised for decades by those working within more traditional historical fields (and

Few issues have engaged sports scholars more than those of race and ethnicity. Today, globalization and migration mean all major sports leagues include players

The field of sports history is no longer a fledgling area of study. There is a great vitality in the field and it has matured dramatically over the past decade.

The Routledge Handbook of Sport History is a new and innovative survey of the discipline of sport history. Global in scope, it examines the key contemporary iss

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