Games People Played

Wray Vamplew is Emeritus Professor of Sports History at the University of Stirling and Global Professorial Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. He was a General Editor for the six-volume Cultural History of Sport (2021), and his many books include How The Game Was Played: Essays in Sports History (2016).

• Introduction: Pre-match InstructionsPART ONE SPORTS HISTORY: FIRING BOTH BARRELS1 Know the Score: Understanding Sports History2 Walk the Walk: Practising Sports HistoryPART TWO SPORT THROUGH THE AGES3 Sport before the Industrial Age4 The Industrial Age (and Slightly Beyond)5 The Past Century or SoPART THREE SPORTS6 Fighting Talk: Combat Sports7 The Killing Fields: Hunting, Shooting and Fishing8 Horses for Courses: Equestrian Sports9 Taking Speed: From Foot Power to Wheel Power10 Out Clubbing: Bat and Ball Sports11 Moving the Goalposts: The Football Codes12 . . . Nor Any Drop to Drink: Water Sports13 Slipping and Sliding: Winter Sports14 Across the Pond: American SportsPART FOUR SPORTING LIFE: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ASPECTS15 Pushing the Mind and Body: Emotion, Pain and Violence16 Open and Closed Doors: Discrimination in Sport17 Playing Together: Sports Clubs and AssociativityPART FIVE MIXING OIL AND WATER: SPORT, POLITICS AND POWER18 Political Football: Nationalism, Propaganda and Protest19 Human Rights (and Wrongs)20 Running or Ruining the Game: Rules and Rule-makersPART SIX SHOW US THE MONEY: THE BUSINESS OF SPORT21 Selling the Game: Sports Entrepreneurs and the Products They Marketed22 Citius, Altius, Fortius et Multo Maiores: Mega Events23 Playing for Pay: The Professional AthletePART SEVEN THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY: THE PUBLIC IMAGE OF SPORT24 Charity Begins at Home . . . and Away25 How Green Was my Volley: Sport and the Environment26 Selling Out the Game: Match-fixing and Drug-takingStoppage TimeRecommended ReadingAcknowledgementsPhoto AcknowledgementsIndex

Games People Played is the culmination of a life spent working on the history of sports, and it ranges far and wide . . . Vamplew is as informative and comprehensive as one could want . . . An outstanding guide to [sport's] role in history.