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Myths and Milestones in the History of Sport

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  1. Stephen Wagg

    1. Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction: Myths and Milestones in the History of Sport

    • Stephen Wagg
    Pages 1-7

  3. The Invention of Sporting Tradition: National Myths, Imperial Pasts and the Origins of Australian Rules Football

    • Tony Collins
    Pages 8-31

  4. From Evil to Expedient: The Legalization of Professionalism in English Football, 1884–85

    • Dave Russell
    Pages 32-56

  5. Peacefully at Wembley Stadium on 20 April 1974: The Quiet Death of Amateur Football in England

    • Dilwyn Porter
    Pages 57-79

  6. Rough, Manly Sport and the American Way: Theodore Roosevelt and College Football, 1905

    • Michael Oriard
    Pages 80-105

  7. Baseball, Invented Tradition, and Nationalistic Spirit

    • Gerald R. Gems
    Pages 106-121

  8. ‘Her Dainty Strength’: Suzanne Lenglen, Wimbledon and the Coming of Female Sport Celebrity

    • Stephen Wagg
    Pages 122-140

  9. Before and After 1968: Reconsidering the Introduction of Drug Testing in the Olympic Games

    • Ian Ritchie
    Pages 141-158

  10. The ‘Revolt of the Black Athlete’: Tommie Smith and John Carlos’s 1968 Black Power Salute Reconsidered

    • Maureen Margaret Smith
    Pages 159-184

  11. The D’Oliveira Affair: Cricket, ‘Race’ and Politics

    • Rob Steen
    Pages 185-202

  12. The Physical Activism of Billie Jean King

    • Jaime Schultz
    Pages 203-223

  13. John L. Sullivan: The Champion of All Champions

    • Elliott J. Gorn
    Pages 224-238

  14. The ‘Packer Affair’ and the Early Marriage of Television and Sport

    • David L. Andrews, Andrew D. Grainger
    Pages 239-261

  15. All these Years of Hurt: Culture, Pedagogy and ‘1966’ as a Site of National Myths

    • Michael L. Silk, Jessica Francombe
    Pages 262-286

  16. The 1960 Rome Summer Olympics: Birth of a New World?

    • Barbara Keys
    Pages 287-303

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 304-315
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

    Stephen Wagg

About the editor

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

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