Global Perspectives on Sport and Physical Cultures

Annette Hofmann, Professor of Sports Studies at Ludwigsburg University of Education, ISHPES President, Academic Editor Europe of the IJHS. She has recently edited Gertrud: Global Scholar - Global SpiritI (2015) and License to Jump: A Story of Women´s Ski Jumping (2015). Gerald Gems, Professor of Health and Physical Education at North Central College in Naperville, IL USA; past president of NASSH, current vice-president of ISHPES.Maureen Smith, Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Science at California State University, Sacramento, Smith is an active member in the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, a past president of the North American Society for Sport History, and a Vice President of the International Society for the History of Physical Education and Sport.

• Foreword 1. Global Perspectives on Sports and Movement Cultures: From Past to Present – Modern Sports between Nationalism, Internationalism, and Cultural Imperialism 2. Reconsidering the Female Tradition in English Physical Education: The Impact of Transnational Exchanges in Modern Dance 3. Gender and Sports within the Equine Sector – A Comparative Perspective 4. Gold Medals and White Economy: Winter Olympic Games and the Making of the French Elite (1959 – 2013) 5. Sporting Events Organized in Venice: Male Boating and the Amazing Case of Women’s Rowing Contests 6. Climbing Beyond the Summits: Social and Global Aspects of Women’s Expeditions in the Himalayas 7. Diversity versus Unity: A Comparative Analysis of the Complex Roots of the World Gymnaestrada 8. Between Traditions and New Challenges: 25 Years of the International Society of the History of Physical Education and Sport (ISHPES)