This reference work aims to provide sports enthusiasts, journalists, librarians, students and scholars with an authorative source of information on a comprehensive range of subjects covering the history and organization of football in Britain. Over 200 entries focus on key organisations or individuals, famous clubs, major competitions, events, venues and incidents, institutions and organisations as well as key issues such as gender, racism, commercialization, professionalism and drugs, alcohol and football. Additionally entries on football as reflected in drama, film, literature, paintings...
This reference work aims to provide sports enthusiasts, journalists, librarians, students and scholars with an authorative source of information on a ...
Volume one of a bibliography documenting all that has been written in the English language on the history of sport and physical education in Britain. It lists all secondary source material including reference works, in a classified order to meet the needs of the sports historian.
Volume one of a bibliography documenting all that has been written in the English language on the history of sport and physical education in Britain. ...
This bibliography documents all that has been written in the English language on the history of sport and physical education in Britain. It includes: reference works considered to be of interest to the historian of sport in Britain including bibliographies, dictionaries, encyclopaedias and statistical records; worldwide and general histories of sport(s) making reference to the development of sport(s) and sport-related activities in Britain; general histories of sport in Britain; histories of governing bodies of sport and national teams, including their fortunes overseas; local studies on the...
This bibliography documents all that has been written in the English language on the history of sport and physical education in Britain. It includes: ...
This bibliography documents all that has been written in the English language on the history of sport and physical education in Britain. It includes: reference works considered to be of interest to the historian of sport in Britain including bibliographies, dictionaries, encyclopaedias and statistical records; worldwide and general histories of sport(s) making reference to the development of sport(s) and sport-related activities in Britain; general histories of sport in Britain; histories of governing bodies of sport and national teams, including their fortunes overseas; local studies on the...
This bibliography documents all that has been written in the English language on the history of sport and physical education in Britain. It includes: ...
There has been an explosion in the quantity of sports history literature published in recent years, making it increasingly difficult to keep abreast of developments. The annual number of publications has increased from around 250 to 1,000 a year over the last decade. This is due in part to the fact that during the late 1980s and 90s, many clubs, leagues and governing bodies of sport have celebrated their centenaries and produced histories to mark this occasion and commemorate their achievements. It is also the result of the growing popularity and realisation of the importance of sport history...
There has been an explosion in the quantity of sports history literature published in recent years, making it increasingly difficult to keep abreast o...
