Tag: Mike Huggins

Daphné Bolz’ and Michael Krüger’s edited and profusely illustrated collection A History of Sport in Europe in 100 Objects (Arete Verlag) is the first attempt to create a kaleidoscopic history of European sport through its rich material culture. In his thorough, knowledgeable and cogent assessment of the book, our reviewer Conor Curran is highly appreciative of the editors’ huge achievement while still pointing out several omissions, often related to the dark sides of sport – violence, drugs, corruption, etc.

Sport History Review encourages the submission of scholarly articles, methodological and research notes, and commentaries. SHR encourages graduate students and young professionals to submit their work for publication. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Synchronized Swimming in Ontario, 1920–50s: Gender, Beauty, and Sport by Matthew S. Wiseman, Jane Nicholas.

Sport in History encourages the study of sport to illuminate broader historical issues and debates. Includes an extensive reviews section, an annual compendium of sports-related accessions to British archives and a 'Sport in Public History' section. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: ‘Frae Land o’ Lakes to land o’ Cakes’: curling, Scotland, Sweden, and historical undercurrents by Matthew L. McDowell.

The International Journal of the History of Sport is the world’s leading sport history academic periodical with fully-refereed global coverage of the subject. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Critical Mass: Oral History, Innovation Theory, and the Fitness Legacy of the Muscle Beach Scene by Tolga Ozyurtcu & Jan Todd.

Sport in History encourages the study of sport to illuminate broader historical issues and debates. Includes an extensive reviews section, an annual compendium of sports-related accessions to British archives and a 'Sport in Public History' section. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: EMANCIPATION THROUGH SPORT? FEMINISM AND MEDICAL CONTROL OF THE BODY IN INTERWAR FRANCE by Florys Castan-Vicente & Anaïs Bohuon.

The International Journal of the History of Sport is the world’s leading sport history academic periodical with fully-refereed global coverage of the subject. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: BATTING, RUNNING, AND ‘BURNING’ IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE: A CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEBATE ON THE ROOTS OF BASEBALL by Isak Lidström & Daniel Bjärsholm.

The purpose of NASSH is to promote, stimulate, and encourage study and research and writing of the history of sport, and to support and cooperate with local, national, and international organizations having the same purposes. Editor’s pick from the current issue: ASSOCIATIVITY, GAMBLING, AND THE RISE OF PROTOMODERN BRITISH SPORT, 1660–1800 by Mike Huggins.

I Mike Huggins nya bok Horse Racing and British Society in the Long Eighteenth Century (Boydell Press) letar författaren sig ned till den moderna hästsportens rötter och sätter in den i en kulturell, social, politisk och ekonomisk kontext. Mats Greiff, historiker med stort intresse för hästsport och socialhistoria läser Huggins bok med historiografisk blick, och hittar mycket att glädjas åt.

The International Journal of the History of Sport is the world’s leading sport history academic periodical with fully-refereed global coverage of the subject. As well as regular issues, the IJHS also offers regionally-focused issues on the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australasia and the Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East, and special issues each year on significant topics and themes.

The anthology «Methodology in Sports History», edited by Wray Vamplew and Dave Day (Routledge) seemed to be just what the supervisor ordered for a Ph.D. student at a crucial point in the dissertation process. For our reviewer Robert Svensson, however, it was somewhat of a disappointment. The book confuses method with methodology, and deals more with history in general than with sport history.