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Sport, history and social change
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What important changes have taken place in sport over the past 50 years and how would you evaluate progress? Women’s football is not a new phenomenon. The picture above, showing Leith Ladies, is evidence of organised women’s football being played in Scotland as early as 1938. Source: Trustees of National Museum of Scotland.
PREVIEW
Key terms defined ■ Introduction ■ The scope of a history of sport ■ Why sports history matters ■ Dangers of contemporary ...
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