Theory, Methods, and Key Themes in Sports History Introduction: The Field of Sports History Around the World Chapter 1: Theory Chapter 2: Sources Chapter 3: The City Chapter 4: Borderlands Chapter 5: Marxism Chapter 6: Sociology Chapter 7: Origins Chapter 8: Gender Chapter 9: Race Chapter 10: Bodies Chapter 11: Science and Technology Chapter 12: Entrepreneurship Chapter 13: Religion Chapter 14: Imperialism Chapter 15: International Relations Chapter 16: Nationalism Sports History Around the World Chapter 17: Africa (Sub-Saharan) Chapter 18: Australia Chapter 19: Belgium and the Netherlands Chapter 20: Canada Chapter 21: The Caribbean Chapter 22: China Chapter 23: Central and Eastern Europe Chapter 24: France Chapter 25: Germany Chapter 26: Great Britain Chapter 27: Ireland Chapter 28: Japan Chapter 29: Middle East and North Africa Chapter 30: Mexico and Central America Chapter 31: New Zealand (Aotearoa) Chapter 32: Nordic Countries Chapter 33: Russia/Soviet Union Chapter 34: South America Chapter 35: South Asia Chapter 36: South East Asia Chapter 37: The United States of America

S. W. Pope is Adjunct Professor of the School of Recreation, Health, and Tourism in the Affiliated Faculty, Academy of International Sport, George Mason University, USA.

John Nauright is Director of the Academy of International Sport and Professor in the School of Recreation, Health, and Tourism at George Mason University, USA. He is also Visiting Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill in Barbados.

This book provides a comprehensive guide to the international field of sports history as it has developed as an academic area of study. Readers are guided through the development of the field across a range of thematic and geographical contexts and are introduced to the latest cutting edge approaches within the field. Including contributions from many of the world's leading sports historians, the Routledge Companion to Sports History is the most important single volume for researchers and students in, and entering, the sports history field. It is an essential guide to contemporary research themes, to new ways of doing sports history, and to the theoretical and methodological foundations of this most fascinating of subjects.