Sports

In this page we provide reading suggestions which include evidence-based information about the theme of Sports in the context of the Hispanic-Anglosphere, mainly in relation to the activities of individuals, networks and communities.

Brown, Matthew. “British Informal Empire and the Origins of Association Football in South America.” Soccer & Society 16, no. 2-3 (2014): 169-82.

Goldblatt, David. The Ball Is Round: A Global History of Soccer. London and New York: Penguin, 2007.

Chappell, Robert. “Sport in Latin America from Past to Present: A European Perspective.” The International Journal of the History of Sport 18, no. 3 (2001): 159-80.

Sheinin, David (ed.), Sports Culture in Latin American History (Pittsburgh, Pa.: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2015).

Costeloe, Michael P. “To Bowl a Mexican Maiden Over: Cricket in Mexico, 1827-1900.” Bulletin of Latin American Research 26, no. 1 (2007): 112-24.