Category: Books & Publications

Sports coaching in the community: Developing knowledge and insight

by Playing Pasts Content Editor | Jan 28, 2020 | New Books | 0

Sports coaching in the community: Developing knowledge and insight Edited by Laura Gale and Ben...

Histories of Women’s Work in Global Sport: A Man’s World?

by Playing Pasts Content Editor | Dec 5, 2019 | New Books | 0

Histories of Women’s Work in Global Sport: A Man’s World? Edited by Georgia Cervin and...

Ladies and Lords: A History of Women’s Cricket in Britain

by Playing Pasts Content Editor | Nov 10, 2019 | New Books | 0

Ladies and Lords: A History of Women’s Cricket in Britain by Rafaelle Nicholson ...

Swimming Communities in Victorian England

by Playing Pasts Content Editor | Aug 7, 2019 | New Books | 0

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 Playing Pasts Content Editor | Aug 5, 2019 | New Books | 1

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

Sporting Cultures: Global Perspectives

by Playing Pasts Content Editor | Jul 29, 2019 | New Books | 0

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

Exploring Research in Sports Coaching and Pedagogy

by Playing Pasts Content Editor | Jul 10, 2019 | New Books | 0

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 | Jul 9, 2019 | New Books | 0

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

by Marjet Derks | Jul 9, 2019 | New Books | 0

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

Growing Up With the Trinity: An Englishman, a Scotsman and an Irishman Walked Onto a Football Pitch

by Brendon McGuire | Jun 14, 2019 | New Books | 0

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 Playing Pasts Content Editor | May 14, 2019 | New Books | 0

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

Palaces of Pleasure

by Playing Pasts Content Editor | Jan 10, 2019 | New Books | 0

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

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