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Histories of Women's Work in Global Sport: A Man’s World? (Palgrave Studies in Sport and Politics) by Georgia Cervin; Claire Nicolas is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Histories of Women's Work in Global Sport: A Man’s World? (Palgrave Studies in Sport and Politics) about?
Sport has never been a man’s world. As this volume shows, women have served key roles not only as athletes and spectators, but as administrators, workers, decision-makers, and leaders in sporting organizations around the world. Contributors excavate scarce archival material to uncover histories of women’s work in sport, from swimming teachers in nineteenth-century England to national sports administrators in twentieth-century Côte d’Ivoire, and many places in between. Their work has been varied,
Who reads Histories of Women's Work in Global Sport: A Man’s World? (Palgrave Studies in Sport and Politics)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Georgia Cervin; Claire Nicolas
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9783030269081
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Science, Sports
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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