Index to THE SPORTS HISTORIAN Volume 18, 2 (November, 1998)

MAIN ARTICLES

The Diplomatic Background to the 1966 Football World Cup Martin Polley 1
The Legend of Denis Compton Jeffrey Hill 19
Derailed: Railways and Horse-Racing Revisited John Tolson & Wray Vamplew 34
Indigenous Sport and the Search for Belonging Aaron Beacom 50
Cornish Rugby and Cultural Identity: A Socio-Historical Perspective Andy Seward 78
Sport and Patronage: Evidence from Nineteenth Century Argyllshire Lorna Jackson 95
Shinty, Nationalism and Celtic Politics, 1870-1922 Irene A. Reid 107
The Ben Race: The supreme test of athletic fitness Hugh Dan MacLennan 131
The Fatalities at the Ibrox Disaster of 1902 Robert S. Shiels 148

BIBLIOGRAPHY SECTION 156

Index to Individual Sporting Journals, Conferences and Collections of Essays

Compiled by Richard William Cox

BOOK REVIEWS

Derek Birley: Sport and the Making of Britain Richard Holt 169
Douglas Booth: The Race Game. Sport and Politics in South Africa John Nauright: Sport, Cultures and Identities in South Africa Mike Cronin 176
Stephen Fisher (ed.): The Erratics: The Glory Decade to 1994 Jack Williams 179
Rob Hess and Bob Stewart: More Than A Game: An Unauthorised History of Australian Rules Football Wray Vamplew 181
John Jenkins: A Rugby Compendium: An Authoritative Guide to the Literature of Rugby Union Dr Richard William Cox 183
Bruce Kidd: The Struggle for Canadian Sport John Nauright 190
Peter Lush and Dave Farrar (eds): Tries in the Valleys: A History of Rugby league in Wales Jack Williams 194
Tony Money: Manly and Muscular Diversions: Public Schools and the Nineteenth-Century Sporting Revival Timothy J. L. Chandler 196
Brian Stoddart and Keith A.P. Sandiford: The Imperial Game: Cricket Culture and Society
Richard Holt 199

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