Sport in Europe

Book Overview

This book presents an overview on sport history research in Europe by giving insights into various topics between Europe s south and north. Examples are physical activities in the middle ages in C rdoba, bullfighting in Spain, aspects of football in various countries to winter sports in France. Football is mainly looked at in the period of the late 1930s to the 1940s, a period of dictatorship in many European countries. This is shown at the example of the German press coverage of German-Danish sport collaborations and the identity of Spanish football during this time.

A further focus are the Olympic Games. This topic is taken up in two articles: One discusses as its main subject the famous painting 'Sport Allegory/The Crowing of the Athletes' created by the father of Pierre de Coubertin, the other one has a more current content and shows stakeholders and challenges of the European Youth Olympics in 2015.

Besides these broad topics, a focus is put on research in sport history by reflecting on historical frameworks and various methodological approaches.

The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue in The International Journal of the History of Sport.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367530767
• ISBN13: 9780367530761
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.8" x 9.7"