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Gladys Carson in Paris 1924: half told Olympic stories.
(2012-03-30)
This conference hosted by the ICSHC at DMU celebrated the long history of the Centre's work with the Oxford DNB since the newly configured dictionary was relaunched in 1993. Looking forward past the Olympic release in 2012, ...
'Women's soccer evolution a product of pre-World-Cup-era resolve' Upfront? Onside: Dispatches From the Women's World Cup Planet Futbol Sports Illustrated
(2015-06-09)
This is the first in a series of stories from the Women's World Cup, which will span different nations, teams, aspects and elements of the competition. An array of accomplished writers and scholars will be filing regularly ...
Playing By The Rules: Sport and The Law Exhibition
(The Supreme Court, 2012-07-26)
With a particular focus on the Olympics, the exhibition offers an introduction to how the legal profession has helped support the development and financing of sport over the years - as well as taking a look at some lawyers ...
Traces
(Oystercatcher Press, 2016-09-24)
Rise like a phoenix: the history of women’s football and the Women’s World Cup, 1869-2015
(2015-06-02)
When Panini stickers issued its first edition for the Women’s World Cup in 2011 in Germany, it was hailed by many as progress and an important innovation. Like Hope Solo appearing on Dancing with the Stars, the Panini range ...
Evolution of Soccer Science
(Human Kinetics, 2016-08-07)
Knitting and the Olympic Games: clothing, competition, culture and commerce
(Taylor and Francis, 2015-05-01)
A critical survey of some of the ways in which knitting has inter-acted with the Olympic Games and its predecessors.
From Knox to Dyson: Coaching, Amateurism and British Athletics, 1912- 1947
(Taylor and Francis, 2010-03)
Coaching has a long history in athletics, dating back to the era of professional
pedestrians such as Captain Barclay. By the early twentieth century, because
of the dominance of the amateur hegemony, the notion of ...
Inspire a Publication: books, journals and the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
(Routledge, 2014)
A critical survey of the Olympic and Paralympic literature that was inspired by the 2012 Games in London.
The 'Estranged' Generation? Social and Generational Change in Interwar British Jewry
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2017-09-22)
This book focuses on the nature and extent of social change, integration and identity transformation within the Jewish community of Britain during the interwar years. It probes the notion – widely articulated by Jewish ...