This series publishes monographs, edited collections and reprints of classic studies on the history and the contemporary role of sport, primarily in Britain and Europe but including other parts of the world. Although the focus of the series is historical, it also embraces more contemporary interdisciplinary studies of the role of sport as a local, national and global phenomenon.

This book examines European football’s development from a long-term transnational perspective, from 1905 to 1995. It offers a space for discussion between young and more experienced historians from different countries, leading to a better understanding of the turning points in the Europeanisation of the game.

Bringing together boxing writers from different cultural and disciplinary perspectives, the book offers a vital and original contribution to the understanding of this enduringly fascinating and controversial sport. It does this be exploring and interrogating different aspects of boxing culture and associated concepts like masculinity and violence.

This book is a case study of an African-Caribbean founded football club, the Meadebrook Cavaliers. The book examines the club’s growth from 1970 to 2010 and shows how studies of minority ethnic and local football clubs can shed light on the changing social identities and cultural dynamics of the communities that constitute them. In addition, it also sheds light on the relationship between «race» and local-level football.

This volume assesses football’s changing politics and culture in Korea during the twentieth century. It analyses the diffuse development of football in the two Koreas from the following angles: Nationalism and Regionalism, Internationalism and Globalism, Patrons, and the Korean style of play.

This book offers a unique examination of women’s increasing involvement in sport during the period 1919-1939. Focusing primarily on sites of participation, it analyses where and how women accessed sport across class, age and marital groups. It also demonstrates the diverse ways in which sport was incorporated into their everyday lives.