A Contemporary History of Women's Sport, Part One: Sporting Women, 1850-1960

by Jean M. Williams

Book Overview

This book is an historical survey of women's sport from 1850-1960. It looks at some of the more recent methodological approaches to writing sports history and raises questions about how the history of women's sport has so far been shaped by academic writers. Questions explored in this text include: What are the fresh perspectives and newly available sources for the historian of women's sport? How do these take forward established debates on women's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415886015
• ISBN13: 9780415886017
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 418 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.0"