About the Author

J.A. Mangan is Director of the International Research Centre for Sport, Socialization and Society at the De Montfort University (Bedford), and author and editor of many books. He is founder and General Editor of the Cass series Sport in the Global Society and founding and executive academic editor of the Cass journals The International Journal of the History of Sport; Culture, Sport, Society; Soccer and Society; and The European Sports History Review.