HIS482H1: Soccer: The History of the World's Game

This seminar proposes to explore the history of the world's most popular sport, soccer, in broader political, social, and economic context. We will consider critical approaches to the history of sport; modern soccer's emergence in industrializing Britain; its globalization; its mobilization as a vehicle for political expression, as well as social, cultural, and gendered identities; supporter and soccer as an industry.