{"product_id":"sport-as-history","title":"Sport as History","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished to mark the career of one of sports history’s pioneers, this book traces the evolution of sport across three continents. It brings together some of sports history’s leading scholars to investigate not only the history of sport but also how that history is written. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis \u003cem\u003eFestschrift\u003c\/em\u003e marks the retirement of Professor Wray Vamplew – an internationally-renowned leader in the field of sports history. His 1976 book \u003cem\u003eThe Turf\u003c\/em\u003e was one of the very first academic histories of sport and he has been a prolific writer, scholar and teacher for almost forty years. No one has played such an important role in the field of sports history across North America, Europe and Australia. President of the Australian, Australian Society of Sports History (ASSH), the British Society of Sports History (BSSH), the European Committee for the History of Sport (CESH) and the International Society for the History of Physical Education and Sport (ISHPES), Vamplew is currently editor of the North American Society for Sports History’s (NASSH) journal, the \u003cem\u003eJournal of Sport History\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection reflects his interests and his appeal across the three continents, the essays deal with sport in America, Australia, Britain and Ireland and focus on the themes of national and regional identity, gender, trade unionism in sport and historiographical debates. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the history of sport and how it is studied today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book was published as a special issue of \u003cem\u003eSport in History\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54225653629272,"sku":"9780415575003","price":107.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415575003_98af8c3e-9024-4725-b082-d9057bff9a55.jpg?v=1769770838","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/sport-as-history","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}