Category: Books & Publications

Swimming Communities in Victorian England by Dave Day and Margaret Roberts   This book...

Max Schmeling and the Making of a National Hero in Twentieth-Century Germany by Jon Hughes This...

The latest in MMU’s Sport & Leisure History Research Team [SpLeisH] collection...

Exploring Research in Sports Coaching and Pedagogy edited by Charles L. T. Corsby and Christian N....

The Story of Welsh Boxing: Prize Fighters of Wales by Lawrence Davies   The Story of Welsh...

Building Bodies: Transnational Historical Approaches to Sport, Gender and Ethnicities Yearbook of...

Growing Up with the Trinity brings to life that unique period in 60s football when Manchester...

Edward Thring’s Theory, Practice and Legacy Physical Education in Britain since 1800 by Malcolm...

Palaces of Pleasure ​From Music Halls to the Seaside to Football, How the Victorians Invented Mass...

The Pebble in My Shoe examines in some detail the development of English women’s cricket from the...

The first English touring team pictured on board ship at Liverpool: Standing left–right: Robert...

Horse Racing and British Society in the Long Eighteenth Century By Mike Huggins Horse racing was...