HIS 393 Popular Sport and the Modern World
This course examines the emergence of modern popular sports in the nineteenth century and their spread across the world alongside the success of Western imperialism and industrialization. We will discuss the roots of popular sport in industrial societies, the importance of urban culture in defining conceptions of modern sport, the role of popular sport in helping shape relationships between former colonies and their erstwhile colonizers, and the impact of late twentieth century media evolutions on practices of modern sport.