Tag: Wayne Wilson
A well-timed collection ahead of this summer’s World Cup
Drawing from across twenty-five years of interdisciplinary scholarship, Jeffrey W, Kassing’s collection of articles from the Soccer & Society journal States of Play: Soccer and Society Perspectives on the Global Game in America (Routledge) documents the development of soccer along five interrelated trajectories. Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen has read an interesting, welcome and well-timed text that will be of interest to scholars working on the cultural, historical and social dimensions of soccer. As intended, the collection illuminates both the challenges and potential of soccer in the US by signposting the reader towards the key trajectories in the literature.
The Internet is not going away any time soon – thankfully, viable options for sport history research are available
The future is here, and for all, not least sport historians, it’s important to be ready for whatever changes that may involve. Luckily, a collection of articles is available, Sport History in the Digital Era edited by Gary Osmond and Murray G. Phillips, and our reviewer Scott D. Peterson finds a book full of useful ideas.
Idrottens paradoxer
Karin Redelius
Institutionen för idrott och hälsovetenskap, Idrottshögskolan i Stockholm I USA har det under större delen av 1900-talet funnits en allmän och vida spridd uppfattning...
