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A Cultural History of Sport in the Modern Age covers the period 1920 to today. Over this time, world-wide participation in sport has been shaped by economic developments, communication and transportation innovations, declining racism, diplomacy, political ideologies, feminization, democratization, as well as increasing professionalization and commercialization. Sport has now become both a global cultural force and one of the deepest ways in which individual nations express their myths, beliefs, values, traditions and realities. The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Sport presents the first comprehensive history from classical antiquity to today, covering all forms and aspects of sport and its ever-changing social, cultural, political, and economic context and impact. The themes covered in each volume are the purpose of sport; sporting time and sporting space; products, training and technology; rules and order; conflict and accommodation; inclusion, exclusion and segregation; minds, bodies and identities; representation. Steven A. Riess is Professor Emeritus at Northeastern Illinois University, USA. Volume 6 in the Cultural History of Sport set General Editors: Wray Vamplew, Mark Dyreson, and John McClelland

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Steven A. Riess is the Bernard Brommel Distinguished Research Professor, Emeritus, at Northeastern Illinois University. He is the former editor of the Journal of Sport History, editor of the Syracuse University Press series “Sport and Entertainment,” and author of several books including Sports in Industrial America, 1850-1920, rev. 2nd ed. (2013); The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime. Horse Racing, Politics, and Crime in New York, 1865-1913, Touching Base: Professional Baseball and American Culture in the Progressive Era, rev. 2nd ed. (1999), and City Games: The Evolution of American Society and the Rise of Sports (1989).

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