Sport In History

JEFFREY HILL is Emeritus Professor of Historical and Cultural Studies at De Montfort University, UK, where he was previously Director of the International Centre for Sport, History and Culture. He is the author of Sport, Leisure and Culture in Twentieth Century Britain (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002) and Sport and the Literary Imagination (Peter Lang, 2006).

Preface.- Acknowledgements.- List of Illustrations.- Sport Matters.- The Transition to Modern Sport.- Sport and Identity.- Sport and Gender.- Mediating Sport.- Sport in a Globalized World.- Conclusion.- Select Bibliography.