Book reviews

Jeffrey H. Goldstein (ed.), Why We Watch: The Attractions of Violent Entertainment (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998). Pp. ix + 270, index, bibliography. $19.95 (paper). ISBN 0–19–511821–9. Robert R. McCord, Golf: An Album of Its History (Short Hills, NJ: Burford Books, 1998). Pp. 152, over 100 photographs, index. $35.00 (cloth). ISBN 1–58080–063–7. Hugh Dauncey and Geoff Hare (eds.), France and the 1998 World Cup: The National Impact of a World Sporting Event (London and Portland, Frank Cass, 1999). Pp. xvii + 232,13 photographs, index. ISBN 0–7146–4887–6 (cloth); 0–7146–4438–2 (paper). Dave Anderson, The Story of Football (New York: William Morrow, 1997). Pp. 160, index, $16.00. ISBN 0–688–14314–8. Dave Anderson, The Story of Basketball (New York: William Morrow, 1997). Pp. 144, index, $16.00. ISBN 0–688–14316–4. Dave Anderson, The Story of Golf (New York: William Morrow, 1998). Pp. 159, index. $16.00. ISBN 0–688–15796–3. H. Langton, FIFA Museum Collection — 1000 Years of Football (Berlin: Quintessence Publications, 1996). Pp. 298. $42.00 (cloth); $29.80 (paper). ISBN 3–86124–325–3. Mario Risoli, When Pelé Broke Our Hearts: Wales and the 1958 World Cup (Cardiff: Ashley Drake, 1998). Pp. viii + 161, 44 photographs, $30.00 (cloth); $16.95 (paper). ISBN 1–86057–0240; 1–86057–0259. B. Murray, The Old Firm in the New Age: Celtic and Rangers since the Souness Revolution (Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing, 1999). Pp. 223, 31 photographs, index. £35.00. ISBN: 1–85158–984–8. Tom Melville, The Tented Field: A History of Cricket in America (Bowling Green: Bowling Green State University Press, 1998). Pp. vii + 267, 11 illustrations, index. $48.95 (cloth); $19.95 (paper). ISBN 0–87972–770–5. Ned Polsky, Hustlers, Beats and Others, Updated with New Chapter and Foreword (New York: The Lyons Press, 1999). Pp. xiv + 247, index. $16.95 (paper). ISBN 1–55821–404–6. I. Gregson, Irresistible Force: Disability Sport In Canada (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada: Polestar Book Publishers, 1999). Pp. 160, 45 photographs, index. $CAN21.95 (paper). ISBN 1–896095–49–6. John M. Carroll, Red Grange and the Rise of Modern Football (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1999). Pp. ix + 217, notes, index, 30 photographs. $25.95. ISBN 0–252–02384–6. Ed Gruver. The Ice Bowl: The Cold Truth About Football's Most Unforgettable Game (Ithaca: McBooks Press, 1998). Pp. xi + 232, 12 photographs, appendix, index. $23.95. ISBN 0–935526–38–2 John M. Jenkins (compiler), A Rugby Compendium: An Authoritative Guide to the Literature of Rugby Union (London: The British Library, 1998). Pp. xxii + 322. £30.00. ISBN 0–7123–1096–7. Ian Prior, The History of Gaelic Games (Belfast: Appletree Press, 1997). Pp. 76, illustrations. £6.99. ISBN 0–86281–663–7. Heiner Gillmeister, Tennis: A Cultural History (London and Washington: Leicester University Press, 1998). Pp. xii + 452, 105 figures (drawings, diagrams, black and white photographs), 16 colour plates, index. £60.00/US$75.00. ISBN 0–7185–0147–0. Chas. Messenger, Ride and Be Damned: Glory Years of the British League of Racing Cyclists (Harpenden: Pedal Publishing, 1998). Pp. 150, illustrations, photographs. £24.95. ISBN 0–9534096–0. Paul Kimmage, Rough Ride: Behind the Wheel with a Pro Cyclist (London: Yellow Jersey Press). Pp. xxiv + 261, photographs. £8.00 (paper). ISBN 0224–051–458. C.M. Becker, Home and Away: The Rise and Fall of Professional Football on the Banks of the Ohio, 1919–1934 (Athens: Ohio University Press, 1998). Pp. x + 367, 29 photographs, appendix, notes, bibliography, index. $36.95 (cloth); $19.95 (paper). ISBN 0–8214–1237‐X; 0–8214–1238–8. Roberto González Echevarría, The Pride of Havana: A History of Cuban Baseball (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999). Pp. xiii + 464, illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $35.00. ISBN 0–19–506991–9.

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