The International Journal of the History of Sport Volume 29, Issue 17, November 2012

Special Issue: Soft Power Politics – Past and Present: Football and Baseball on the Western Pacific Rim

Preface 
Soft Power Politics, Hegemonic Realities and Eastern Promise: Changing Circumstances – ‘Look East Young Man and Woman’!
J. A. Mangan
Pages: 2355-2359
DOI: 10.1080/09523367.2012.748950

Articles 
Forging Imperial and Australasian Identities: Australian Rules Football in New Zealand During the Nineteenth Century
Chris McConville & Rob Hess
Pages: 2360-2371
DOI: 10.1080/09523367.2012.752939

Women’s Football in the People’s Republic of China: Retrospect and Prospect
Aihua Zhao, Peter Horton & Liu Liu
Pages: 2372-2387
DOI: 10.1080/09523367.2012.748954

Pacific Islanders in Global Rugby: The Changing Currents of Sports Migration
Peter Horton
Pages: 2388-2404
DOI: 10.1080/09523367.2012.746834

Reflections on Race, Regionalism and Geopolitical Trends via Australian Soccer
Jessica Carniel
Pages: 2405-2420
DOI: 10.1080/09523367.2012.746832

The Significance of Koshien Baseball in Postwar Okinawa: A Representation of ‘Okinawa’
Satoshi Shimizu
Pages: 2421-2434
DOI: 10.1080/09523367.2012.751190

Seeking a Separate National Identity: The Taiwanese State, Politics and the 2007 Baseball World Cup
Chien-Yu Lin
Pages: 2435-2449
DOI: 10.1080/09523367.2012.746835

Globalisation, Individualism and Scandal: New Directions in Japanese Baseball
Keiji Kawai & Brent McDonald
Pages: 2450-2464
DOI: 10.1080/09523367.2012.746831

An Indispensable but Fragile Geopolitical Triangle: Baseball in Japan, Korea and Taiwan
Hajime Hirai
Pages: 2465-2477
DOI: 10.1080/09523367.2012.746833

Epilogue 
Sport on the Western Pacific Rim: The Present and the Future
Peter Horton
Pages: 2478-2484
DOI: 10.1080/09523367.2012.748952