ANNUAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PUBLICATIONS ON THE HISTORY OF SPORT 1996/97

Compiled by Richard William Cox
REFERENCE WORKS
[Also see below]

ENCYCLOPAEDIAS, DICTIONARIES, CHRONOLOGIES

   2 Cashman, R., The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996), 640p.

   3 Lawson, G., World Record Breakers in Track and Field Athletics (Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 1997), 467p.

 184 Leninson, D. and Christensen, K. (Eds.), Encylopaedia of World Sport: From Ancient Times to the Present (Oxford: ABC Clio, 1996), 1317pp.

   4 Mappa, G. and Quercetani, R. L. (Comps.), All Time World List: The 1000 Best Track and Field Performances in Olympic Events (2nd ed.)


BIBLIOGRAPHY

   5 Cox, R. W., 'Progress with the British Sports History Bibliography Project: An Update', The Sports Historian, 17, 1 (May 1997), 109-111.

   6 Cox, R. W., 'Annual Bibliography of Publications and Theses on the History of Sport in Britain, 1995/96', The Sports Historian, 17, 1 (May 1997), 114-150.

   7 Kruger, A and Wieser, L., 'German Language Sport Historiography of the 1980s: Part 1', International Journal of the History of Sport, 14, 1 (April 1997), 138-167.

   8 Kruger, A. and Weiser, L., 'German Language Sports Historiography of the 1980s: Part 2', International Journal of the History of Sport, 14, 2 (August 1997), 122-162.


HISTORIOGRAPHY

   9 Pfister, G., 'Conflicting Feminities: The Discourse of the Female Body and the Physical Education of Girls in National Socialism', Sports History Review, 28, 2 (November, 1997), 89-107.

   9 Pope, S. W., 'A Roundtable Discussion Virtual Games:  The Media Coverage of the 1996 Olympics', Journal of Sports History, 24, 1 (Spring 1997), 63-73.

 184 Pope, S. W, Patriotic Games: Sporting Traditions in the American Imagination (New York: Oxford university Press, 1997), 212pp.

  10 Sandoz, J., A Whole Other Ball Game: Women's Literature on Women's Sport (NY: Noonday Press, a Div. of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1997).

  11 Spencer, P. A., 'A Discussion of Appeasment and Sport as Seen in the Manchester Guardian and The Times', Australian Society for Sports History Bulletin, 25 (January 1997), 3-20.

   9 Terret, T. and  Charrion, P., 'Les heures de gloire du water-polo fran‡ais: Contribution … 'histoire des modŠles de domination technique', Sports History Review, 28, 2 (November, 1997), 108-133.

   9 Wamsley, K. B., 'Power and Priviledge in Historiography: Constructing Percy Page', Sports History Review, 28, 2 (November, 1997), 146-155.

  12 Welshman, J., 'Boxing and the Historians', International Journal of the History of Sport, 14, 1 (April 1997), 195-203.

  13 Zang, D. W., ' Evidence:  A Case Study of Handwriting and History', Journal of Sports History, 24, 1 (Spring 1997), 50-62.


ARCHIVES/MUSEUMS

  14 Cahill, J. J., 'The Babe Ruth Museum and Birthplace', Journal of Sport History, 24, 2 (Summer 1997), 203-205.

  15 Crawford, S. A. G. M, 'Mystic Seaport Museum', Journal of Sports History, 24, 1 (Spring 1997), 84-86.

  16 Kanerva, Juha, 'Sports Library of Finland - 50 Years of Age', Yearbook of the Finnish Society for Sports History, 3 (1996), 185-190.

  17 Larkin, M., 'The Mitchell Library Scores from Downtown: Basketball Records', Australian Society for Sports History Bulletin, 26, (June 1997), 1-2.

  18 Paton, G., 'The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame', Journal of Sports History, 24, 1 (Spring 1997), 87- 89.

  19 Rosenzweig, R., 'The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936 Special Exhibition at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum', Journal of Sports History, 24, 1 (Spring 1997), 77-80.

  20 Siegman, J., Jewish Sports Legends: the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (2nd ed.) (Washington, D.C.: Brassey's, Inc., 1997), 320p. 

  21 Stevens, T., 'Past Forward', Leisure Management, 17, 9 (September 1997), 12-14.

  22 Sydnor, S., 'Rings:  Five Passions in World Art High Museum of Art', Journal of Sports History, 24, 1 (Spring 1997), 74-76.


SOURCES

  23 Cox, R. W., 'The British Society of Sports History World Wide Web Buletin Board and Information Gateway', International Journal of the History of Sport, 14, 1 (April 1997), 206-209.

  24 Dabscheck, B., 'Film Review - Hoops Dream', Australian Society for Sports History Bulletin, 25 (January 1997), 47-48.

  25 Seargent, D., 'Major Accessions to Repositories in 1995 relating to Sport', The Sports Historian, 17, 1 (May 1997), 151-156.


GENERAL HISTORIES OF SPORT/ANTHOLOGIES

 184 Hutchinson, R., Empire Games: The British Invention of Twentieth Century Sport (Edinburgh: Mainstream, 1996), 192pp.


SPORT IN ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS

  26 Fu Yannong, Ju Jun and Fan, Wei, 'Factors Determining the Success of Chinese Women in International Sport', International Journal of the History of Sport, 14, 1 (April 1997), 191-194.

  27 Kyle, D. G., 'The Ancient Olympics:  Athletes, Games and Heroes (1996): A Video Lecture by David Gilman Roman', Journal of Sports History, 24, 1 (Spring 1997), 81-83.

  28 Morison, W., 'Disseration in Progress: A Survey of Gymansia from their Origins at the End of the Fourth Century', International Journal of the History of Sport, 14, 1 (April 1997), 204-205.

  29 Peiser, B. J., 'Thou Shalt Not Kill!' The Judaeo-Christian Basis of the Civilizing Process" The Sports Historian, 17, 1 (May 1997), 93-108.

  30 Yiannakis, T., 'Hellenic Athletic Proverbs and Maxims', Sports History Review, 28, 1 (May 1997), 33-45.


MEDIEVAL

  31 Pedraz, M. V., 'Physical Imagery and Nobiliary Distinction in Don Juan Manuel's Libro De Los Estados: A Pedagogical Representation of the Body in Medieval Castle', International Journal of the History of Sport, 14, 2 (August 1997), 26-39. 


MODERN

  32 Kuhnst, P., Sports: A Cultural History in the Mirror of Art (Amsterdam: Verlag Der Kunst, 1996), 422pp.

  33 Levinstein, M. S., Sports Law: Cases and Materials (Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 1997), 900p 

  34 Nauright, J., 'Masculinity, Muscular Islam and Popular Culture', International Journal of the History of Sport, 14, 1 (April 1997), 184-190.

  35 Overman, S. J. The Influence of the Protestant Ethic on Sport and Recreation. (Aldershot: Av, bury, 1997). 394p.

  36 Ryan, G., ''Handsome Physiognomy and Blameless Physique': Indigenous Colonial Sporting Tours and British Racial Consciousness, 1868 and 1888', International Journal of the History of Sport, 14, 2 (August 1997), 67-81. 

  37 Terret, T., Histoire Des Sports (Paris/Montreal: L'Harmattan, 1996), 250p. 


HISTORIES OF SPORT IN INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES


AUSTRALIA
[Also see Cashman ]

  38 Adair, D., Phillips, M. and Naugright, J., 'Sporting Manhood in Australia: Test Cricket, Rugby Football, and the Imperial Connection, 1878-1918', Sports History Review, 28, 1 (May 1997), 46-60.

  39 Alomes, S., 'Australian Football the International Game? The Danish Australian Football League and the Internationalisation of Australian Football, 1989-1996', Sporting Traditions, 13, 2 (May 1997), 3-18.

  40 Booth, R., 'History of Player Recruitment, Transfer and Payment Rules in the VFL/AFL', Australian Society for Sports History Bulletin, 26, (June 1997), 13-34.

 139 Haigh, G., Gordon Haigh's Austrlaian Cricket Anecdotes (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997), 276pp.

  41 Hutchins, B., 'Mediated Violence: The Case of Origin Rugby League', Sporting Traditions, 13, 2 (May 1997), 19-40.

  42 Kolt, G. S. and Kikby, R. J., 'A Brief History of Gymnastics in Australia', Australian Society for Sports History Bulletin, 26, (June 1997), 3-8. 

  43 Larkin, M., 'The Mitchell Library Scores from Downtown: Basketball Records', Australian Society for Sports History Bulletin, 26, (June 1997), 1-2.

  44 MacLennan, H. D., ''They Dunna Know the Game from Shinty', Australian Society for Sports History Bulletin, 26, (June 1997), 9-12. 

  45 Moseley, P. A.; Cashman, R.; O'Hara, J. and Weatherburn, H., Sporting Immigrants: Sport and Ethnicity in Australia (Crowsnest, NSW: Walla Walla Press, 1996), 323p. 

  46 Phillips, D., 'Australian Women at the Atlanta Olympics', Australian Society for Sports History Bulletin, 25 (January 1997),21-32.

  47 Phillips, M. G., 'Sport, War and Gener Images: The Australian Sportmen's Battalions and the First World War', International Journal of the History of Sport, 14, 1 (April 1997), 78-96.

  48 Walsh, M., 'The Vid Is Bigger Than He Thought', Australian Society for Sports History Bulletin, 25 (January 1997), 33-36.


BELGIUM


BRAZIL

  49 de Melo, V. and Mangan, J. A., 'A Web of the Wealthy: Modern Sport in the Nineteenth-Century Culture of Rio de Janeiro', International Journal of the History of Sport, 14, 1 (April 1997), 168-173.


CANADA

  50 Robinson, L., She Shoots, She Scores: Canadian Perspectives on Women and Sport (Toronto: Thompson Educational Pub., 1997), 

  51 Wamsley, K. B., 'Nineteenth Century Sports Tours and Canadian Foreign Policy', Sporting Traditions, 13, 2 (May 1997), 73-90.


CHINA

  52 Hong, F., '"Iron Bodies":  Women, War, and Sport in the Early Communist Movement in Modern China', Journal of Sports History, 24, 1 (Spring 1997), 1-23.


CUBA

  53 Sugden, J., Tomlinson, A. and McCartan, E., 'The Making and Remaking of White Lightening in Cuba: Politics, Sport and Physical Education Thirty Years After the Revolution', in M. Malec (ed.), The Social Roles of Sport in Caribbean Societies, (ibid.) 211-228.


DENMARK


DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [Also see West Indies]

  54 Klein, A. M., 'Headcase, Headstrong, and Head-of-the-Class: Resocialisation and Labelling in Dominican Baseball', in M. Malec (ed.), The Social Roles of Sport in Caribbean Societies, (ibid.) 125-152.


FINLAND

  55 Eskelinen, S., 'Towards Health and Beauty - The Association of Women Gymansts of Jyvaskyla, 1917-39', Yearbook of the Finnish Society for Sports History, 3 (1996), 19-28.

  56 Hakulinen, T., 'Is Competative Athletics Suitable for Women? Discussion of the 1920s', Yearbook of the Finnish Society for Sports History, 3 (1996), 11-18

  57 Hamalainer, E., 'The Beginning of a Winters' Swimmers' Association Humaus, 1951-1975', Yearbook of the Finnish Society for Sports History, 3 (1996), 119-130.

  58 Hartlikainen, A., 'Fell Skiing and Telemark Skiing', Yearbook of the Finnish Society for Sports History, 3 (1996), 113-118.

  59 Kosomer, U., 'The Problematic Body: Three Stories of Physical Education at School', Yearbook of the Finnish Society for Sports History, 3 (1996), 29-38.

  60 Laine, L., 'How to Cross Borders: Women in Sports Organisations in the Nordic Countires', Yearbook of the Finnish Society for Sports History, 3 (1996), 39-54.

  61 Roika-Jokela, H., 'Athletics as a Bridge Builder Between Finland and Estonia', Yearbook of the Finnish Society for Sports History, 3 (1996), 173-184.

  62 Sjoblom, K., 'The Case of Jackson Haines - Critical Commnets on the Sources Concerning the Expansion of Figure Skating in Finalnd', Yearbook of the Finnish Society for Sports History, 3 (1996), 153-164.

  63 Vasara, E., 'Youth Association as a Force Complementing Rural Sports Activity in the 1920s and 1930s', Yearbook of the Finnish Society for Sports History, 3 (1996), 131-152.


GREAT BRITAIN

  64 Bloyce, D., ''Just Not Cricket': Baseball in England, 1874-1900', International Journal of the History of Sport, 14, 2 (August 1997), 207-218. 

  65 Booth, Bernard F., 'Autonomous Sport or Politico-Economic Tool? The Case of the Lowther Family in Cumbria, 1807-1908', in  M. Collins (ed.), Leisure in Industrial and Post Industrial Societies (Kidderminster: Leisure Studies Association, 1996), 3-16.

  66 Fryer, P., 'West Indies in England, 1966: Cricket in a Changing Context', International Journal of the History of Sport, 14, 2 (August 1997), 219-226. 


GERMANY


GREECE

  67 Nassis, Pantellis, P., 'An Analysis of Sports Policy in Greece (1980-92)', in  M. Collins (ed.), Leisure in Industrial and Post Industrial Societies (Kidderminster: Leisure Studies Association, 1996), 31-42.


JAMAICA [Also see West Indies]

  68 Anderson, B. J., 'Gender, Inequality, Sport and Professional Achievements in Jamaica', in M. Malec (ed.), The Social Roles of Sport in Caribbean Societies, (ibid.) 107-124.


JAPAN

  69 Abe, I. and J. A. Mangan, 'The British Impact on Boy's Sports and Games in Japan: An Introductory Survey', International Journal of the History of Sport, 14, 2 (August 1997), 187-199.  

  70 Uchiumi, Kazuo, 'A History of the Sports Industry in Japan Since 1945', in  M. Collins (ed.), Leisure in Industrial and Post Industrial Societies (Kidderminster: Leisure Studies Association, 1996), 111-124.


NEW ZEALAND

  71 Ryan, G., 'Extravagance of Thought and Feeling: New Zealand Reactions to the 1932/33 Bodyline Controversey', Sporting Traditions, 13, 2 (May 1997), 41-58.

  72 Smith, C., 'Control of the Female Body: Physical Education and Training at Three New Zealand Girl's High Schools, 1880s-1920s', Sporting Traditions, 13, 2 (May 1997), 59-72.

  73 Thomson, R. W., 'Rugby at the University of Otago: Humble Beginnings for New Zealand's Pemier Club', International Journal of the History of Sport, 14, 2 (August 1997), 174- 186. 


POLAND

  74 Gaj, J., 'Ideas, Conditions and Effects of Institutional Activity in the Physical Culture of Poland (1919-1939)', Studies in Physical Culture and Tourism, 3 (1994), 65-82.

  75 Kobendza, R. L., 'Origins of Rowing and its Various Branches in Poland', Studies in Physical Culture and Tourism, 4 (1996), 51-64.

  76 Ziolowska, T., 'The Role of Physical Education in Special Education and Health Institutions in Poznan to 1918', Studies in Physical Culture and Tourism, 4 (1996), 41-50.


SINGAPORE

  77 Horton, P. A., 'Padnang or Paddock?: A Comparative View of Colonial Sport in Two Imperial Territories', International Journal of the History of Sport, 14, 1 (April 1997), 1-20.


SOUTH AFRICA

  78 Grobler, J. E. H., 'Not Merely Recreation: Sport as a Vehicle of Political Change in south Africa. an Historical Overview', in  M. Collins (ed.), Leisure in Industrial and Post Industrial Societies (Kidderminster: Leisure Studies Association, 1996), 65-78.


SWEDEN

  79 Meinander, H., 'The Din of the Drums can be Heard from Afar. Three Perspectives to Study Military Exercises in Swedish Secondary Schools, 1863- 1917', Yearbook of the Finnish Society for Sports History, 3 (1996), 165-172.

  80 Sund, B., 'The British and Continental Influence on Swedish Football', International Journal of the History of Sport, 14, 2 (August 1997), 163-173. 


TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO [Also see West Indies]

  81 McCree, R. D., 'Wither Jets, Hawks and Civic? Conflict, Continuity, and Change in the Organisation of Sport in Trinidad Community: The Case of Port Fortin, 1970-1993', in M. Malec (ed.), The Social Roles of Sport in Caribbean Societies, (ibid.)  173-196.


USA

  82 Borish, L. J., 'A Fair Without the Fair, is No Fair at All': Women at the New England Agricultural Fair in the Mid- Nineteeth Century', Journal of Sport History, 24, 2 (Summer 1997), 155-176.

  83 Eisen, G. and Wiggins, D., Ethnicity and Sport in North American History and Culture. Westport, Conn: Praeger, 1995), 249p.

  84 Riess, S. A., Major Problems in American Sport History: Documents and Essays (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997), 437p. 

  85 Welky, D. B., 'Viking Girls, Mermaids, and Little Brown Men: U.S. Journalism and the 1932 Olympics', Journal of Sports History, 24, 1 (Spring 1997), 24-49.


USSR


WEST INDIES

  86 Austin, R. L., 'A Parkboy Remembers Colts, Products of a Suc-Culture of Sport', in M. Malec (ed.), The Social Roles of Sport in Caribbean Societies, (ibid.) 153-172.

  87 Fryer, P., 'West Indies in England, 1966: Cricket in a Changing Context', International Journal of the History of Sport, 14, 2 (August 1997), 219-226. 

  88 Malec, M. A., 'Neglected Fields: Sports in the Caribbean', in M. Malec (ed.), The Social Roles of Sport in Caribbean Societies, (ibid.) 1-12.

  89 Cummings, C., 'Ideologies of West Indian Cricket', in M. Malec (ed.), The Social Roles of Sport in Caribbean Societies, (ibid.) 85-106.

  90 Mandle, J. R. and Mandle, J. D., ' Open Cultureal Space: Grassroots Basketball in the English Speaking Caribbean', in M. Malec (ed.), The Social Roles of Sport in Caribbean Societies, (ibid.) 197-210.

  91 St Pierre, M., 'West Indian Cricket as Cultural Resistance', in M. Malec (ed.), The Social Roles of Sport in Caribbean Societies, (ibid.) 53-84.

  92 Yelvington, K. A., 'Cricket, Colonialism, and the Culture of Caribbean Politics', in M. Malec (ed.), The Social Roles of Sport in Caribbean Societies, (ibid.) 13-52.

  93 Mpitrano, J. R. and Smith, R. E., '"And They're Off": Sport and the Maintenance of Community in St Croix', in M. Malec (ed.), The Social Roles of Sport in Caribbean Societies, (ibid.) 229-



LOCAL STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF SPORT

(Including club, team and institutional Histories)


AUSTRALIA

  94 Mendes, P., 'The Death of the Fitzroy Football Club: A Personal Reflection', Australian Society for Sports History Bulletin, 25 (January 1997), 37-46.


CANADA

  95 Bouchier, N. B. and Cruikshank, K., '"Sportsmen and Pothunters": Environment, Conservation and Class in the Fisherry of Hamilton Harbour, 1858-1914', Sports History Review, 28, 1 (May 1997), 1-18.

  96 Daub, M., Gael Force: A Century of Football at Queen's (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1996), 282p. 

  97 Powers, N., Personal Best: The History of Track and Field in Saskatchewan  (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Saskatchewan Track and Field Association, 1997).  


GREAT BRITAIN

  98 Clarke, S., 'Olympus in the Cotswolds: The Cotswold Games and Continuity in Popular culture, 1612-1800', International Journal of the History of Sport, 14, 2 (August 1997), 40-66.  

  99 Evans, A., Football on the Edge: The Relationship Between Welsh Football Policy-Making and the British International Championship, Unpublished MA Dissertation, DeMontfort University, 1996

 100 Lewis, R. W., 'The Genesis of Professional Football: Bolton-Blackpool-Blackburn-Darwen, The Centre of Innovation, 1878-85', International Journal of the History of Sport, 14, 1 (April 1997), 21-54.

 101 Williams, J., 'One Could Literally Have Walked on the Heads of the People Congregated', in K. Laybourne, Social Conditions, Status and Community 1860-c.1920 (Sutton Studies in Modern British History) (London: Sutton Publishing, 1997), pp. 123-138.


USA

 102 Gelbert, D., The Great Delaware Sports Book (Montchanin, DE: Manatee Books, 1995), 224p. 

 103 Hardy, S., 'Performance, Memory and History: The Making of American Hockey at St. Pauls's School, 1860-1915', International Journal of the History of Sport, 14, 1 (April 1997), 97-115.


USSR

 104 Frykholm, P. A., 'Soccer and Social Identity in Pre- Revolutionary Moscow', Journal of Sport History, 24, 2 (Summer 1997), 143-154.

 105 Harrigan, P. J., The Detroit Tigers: Club and Community, 1945-1995 (Toronto/Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 1997), 415p.

 106 Kowalski, R. and Porter, D., Political Football: Moscow Dynamo in Britain, 1945', International Journal of the History of Sport, 14, 2 (August 1997), 100-121. 

 107 Mandelaro, J., Silver Seasons: The Story of the Rochester Red Wings (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1996), 313p. 


HISTORIES OF INTERNATIONAL SPORTS FESTIVALS


(In the Modern World)


THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH GAMES


THE OLYMPIC GAMES

 108 Apronen, A. O., 'The Finnish Olympics Literature Needs to be Studies Properly', Yearbook of the Finnish Society for Sports History, 3 (1996), 103-112.

 109 Barney, B. (comp.), Olympic Perspectives (3rd International Symposium for Olympic Research) London, Ont. University of Western Ontario, Centre for Olympic Studies, 1996. 

 110 Biddis, M., 'Faster, Higher, Stronger: The Birth of the Modern Olympics', The Sports Historian, 17, 1 (May 1997), 1-11.

 111 Borgers, W., Olympic Torch Relays, 1936-1994 (Kassel, Germany: Agon-Sportverlag, 1996), 200p.

 112 Buchanan, I., 'Great Britain at the First Modern Olympic Games', The Sports Historian, 17, 1 (May 1997), 12-20.

 113 Clarke, S., 'Olympus in the Cotswolds: The Cotswold Games and Continuity in Popular Culture, 1612-1800', International Journal of the History of Sport, 14, 2 (August 1997), 40-66.  

 114 Guegold, W. K., 100 Years of Olympic Music: The Music & Musicians of the Modern Olympic Games, 1896-1996 (Mantua, OH: Golden Clef Publihsing, 1996), 100p. 

 115 International Olympic Committee, The IOC Best of Sport Photographic Contest (Book No. 8) (Lausanne: IMS/Studio 6, 1997), 130p. 

 116 James, T., 'Searching for an Athletics Tradition', The Sports Historian, 17, 1 (May 1997), 21-29.

 117 Lauroner, J., 'From Antwerp to Berlin: The Olympic Games in Finnish Sport Consciousness', Yearbook of the Finnish Society for Sports History, 3 (1996), 71-80.

 118 Lovett, C. C., Olympic Marathon: A Centennial History of the Games' Most Storied Race (Westport, CN: Praeger, 1997), 176p. 

 119 Lyberg, W., Fabulous 100 years of the IOC: Facts, Figures and Much, Much More (Lausanne: The Olympic Museum,. 1994), 411p.

 120 MacAloon, J. J., Politics and the Olympics: Some New Dimensions (Barcelona: Institut de Ciencies Politiques i Sociales, 1997), 23p. 

 121 Mykra, J., 'The Olympics Never to Come: Helsinki 1940: The Information Service of the Bureau of Press and Propaganda in 1938-39', Yearbook of the Finnish Society for Sports History, 3 (1996), 81-92.

 122 Itkonen, H., 'Doves of Peace and Gunfire - Selected Bits of Olympic History', Yearbook of the Finnish Society for Sports History, 3 (1996), 93-102.

 123 Phillips, B. and Gynn, R., 100 Years of the Olympic Marathon (National Union of Track Statisticians, 1996), 152pp.

 124 Polley, M., 'The British Government and the Olympic Games in the 1930s", The Sports Historian, 17, 1 (May 1997), 30-40.

 125 Ruhl, J. K., 'The Olympian Games at Athens in the Year 1877: A Unique Effort of British Naval Officers', The Sports Historian, 17, 1 (May 1997), 41-51.

 126 Terry, D., 'Olympia and the Origin of the Olympic Games 1700-700 B.C.', The Sports Historian, 17, 1 (May 1997), 52-62.

 127 Tikander, V., 'No Money in Greece - The Eventual Revival of the Olympic Games', Yearbook of the Finnish Society for Sports History, 3 (1996), 55-70.

 128 Yiannakis, T., ''With Wreaths from the Groves they Crowned the Victors': A Description of the Rhodian Games', International Journal of the History of Sport, 14, 2 (August 1997), 200-206.

11425 ***Young, David, C., The Modern Olympics: A Struggle for Revival (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996), 252p. 

 130 Zarnowski, F., Olympic Glory Denied: A Final Opportunity for Glory Restored (Glendale, CA: Griffin Publishing, 1996), 280p. 


HISTORIES OF INDIVIDUAL SPORTS


ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL

 131 FIFA, 100 Years of Football (Zurich: FIFA Museum Collection, 1996), 300pp.

 132 Jose, C., Soccer: The International Line-ups and Statistics Series - Olympic Football Part 2 1968-1996 (Cleethorpes: Soccer Book Publishing, 1996), 64pp.

 133 Robinson, J., Soccer: The European Championship 1958- 1996 (Cleethorpes: Soccer Book Publishing, 1996), 187pp.

 134 Sugden, J. and Tomlinson, A., 'Global Power Struggles in World Football: FIFA and UEFA, 1954-74, and Their Legacy', International Journal of the History of Sport, 14, 2 (August 1997), 1-25.

 135 Ward, C., All Quiet on the Hooligan Front: Eight Years that Shook Football (Edinburgh: Mainstream, 1996), 192p.


AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL


BASEBALL

 139 Debs, V., Still Standing After All These Years: Twelve of Baseball's Longest Standing Records (London: McFarland, 1997), 254pp.

 139 Eisenhammer, F., Baseball's Most Memorable Trades (London: McFarland, 1997), 233pp.

 136 Good, H. Diamonds in the Dark: America, Baseball, and the Movies (Lanham MD: Scarecrow Press, 1997). 185p.

 137 Kraus, K. M., ' Regulating the Baseball Cartel: A Reassesment of the National Commission, Judge Landis and the Anti-Trust Exemption', International Journal of the History of Sport, 14, 1 (April 1997), 55-77.

 138 Lamb, C., ''I Never Want to Take Another Trip Like This One': Jackie Robinson's Journey to Integrate Baseball', Journal of Sport History, 24, 2 (Summer 1997), 177-191.

   9 Lomax, M. E., 'Black Baseball's First Rivalry: The Cuban Giants Versus the Gorhams of New York and the Birth of the Coloured Championship', Sports History Review, 28, 2 (November, 1997), 134-145.

 139 Radar, B. G., Early Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825-1908 (London: University of Nebraska Press, 1995), 312pp.

 139 Sarantakes, N. E., 'Richard Nixon, Sportswriter: The President, His Historical All-Star Baseball Team, and the Election of 1972', Journal of Sport History, 24, 2 (Summer 1997), 192-202.


BASKETBALL


BOXING


CRICKET

 140 Guha, R., 'Cricket, Caste, Community, Colonialism: The Politics of a Great Game', International Journal of the History of Sport, 14, 1 (April 1997), 174-183.

 141 Williams, J., 'Part of the Mainstream? Asian Contributions to the English Game', Cricket Digest, (Autumn 1997), 17-20.


FIELD HOCKEY

 142 Tomkins, N. (Author) and Ward, P. (Ed.) The Century Makers; A History of the All England Women's Hockey Association 1895-1995 (Shrewsbury: All England Women's Hockey Association, 1995), 250p. 


FOX HUNTING

 143 Middleton, I., 'Fox Hunting Traditions: Fact or Fantasy?', Sports History Review, 28, 1 (May 1997), 19-32.


GRID IRON FOOTBALL


LAWN TENNIS

 144 Baltzell, E., E. D., Sporting Gentlemen: Men's Tennis from the Age of Honour to the Cult of Superstar (London: The Free Press, 1995), 420pp.


RODEO


RUGBY LEAGUE

 145 Morgan, P., "Comment on 'Myth and Reality in the 1895 Rugby Split' by Tony Collins", The Sports Historian, 17, 1 (May 1997), 112-113.

 146 Sheard, K. G., 'Breakers Ahead!: Professionalisation and Rugby Football Lesson From Rugby League', International Journal of the History of Sport, 14, 1 (April 1997), 116-137.


RUGBY UNION


SURFING


SWIMMIMG


[Also see ??? above]

 147 Keil, I., In the Swim: The Amateur Swimming Association from 1869-1994 (Loughborough: The Swimming Times, 1996), 278pp.


TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETICS


[Also see ??? above]


BIOGRAPHICAL STUDIES


COLLECTIVE BIOGRAPHY

Baseball

 139 Faber, C. F., Baseball Pioneers: Ratings of Nineteenth Century Players (London: McFarland, 1997), 148pp.

 139 Kelley, B., The Early All-Stars: Conversations with Standout Baseball Players of the 1930s and 1940s (London: McFarland, 1997), 199pp.

INDIVIDUAL BIOGRAPHY

 148 Jarvie, Grant, 'Land, Labour and Leisure in the Life and Politics of John Murdoch', in  M. Collins (ed.), Leisure in Industrial and Post Industrial Societies (Kidderminster: Leisure Studies Association, 1996), 17-30.

   9 Park, R. J., 'G. Lawrence Rarick: Gentleman, Scholar and Consumate Professional', Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 68, 3 (1997), 182-194.

 149 Wilcox, R. C., 'The English as Poor Losers' and Other Thoughts on the Modernization of Sport. The Literary Works of James Brendan Connolly, First Modern Olympic Victor', The Sports Historian, 17, 1 (May 1997), 63-92.

 150 Vaughan, G. and Guerin, B., 'A Neglected Innovator in Sports Psychology: Norman Triplett and the Early History of Competative Performance', International Journal of the History of Sport, 14, 2 (August 1997), 82-99.

 151 Singer, M., 'Ali: The Whole Story and When We Were Kings', Journal of Sport History, 24, 2 (Summer 1997), 206-208.



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