Histories of Women's Work in Global Sport A Man's World? /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Cervin, Georgia (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Nicolas, Claire (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Sport and Politics,
• Subjects: Social history.; World history.; World politics.; Sports-Sociological aspects.; Women.; Social History.; World History, Global and Transnational History.; Political History.; Sociology of Sport and Leisure.; Women's Studies.

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...