J. A. (University of Strathclyde, UK) Mangan & Patricia (University of British Columbia, Canada) Vertinsky 
Gender, Sport, Science [PDF ebook] 
Selected writings of Roberta J. Park

Roberta J. Park has been throughout her distinguished career a scholar with a mission – to win academic recognition of the significance of the body in culture and cultures. Her scholarship has earned her global esteem in the disciplines of Physical Education and Sports Studies for its penetrating insights.

This selection of her writings is a well-deserved tribute to her interpretive originality, her intellectual acuity and her ability to inspire colleagues and students.

To explore unexplored patterns has been her extraordinary strength. The result has been continual originality of insight. These writings are thus a unique compilation of scholastic creativity of major interest to scholars and students in Sports Studies, Physical Education, Health Studies, Sociology and Social Psychology.

This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.