Steven A. Riess is the Bernard Brommel Distinguished Research Professor, Emeritus, at Northeastern Illinois University. He is the former editor of the Journal of Sport History, editor of the Syracuse University Press series “Sport and Entertainment,” and author of several books including Sports in Industrial America, 1850-1920, rev. 2nd ed. (2013); The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime. Horse Racing, Politics, and Crime in New York, 1865-1913, Touching Base: Professional Baseball and American Culture in the Progressive Era, rev. 2nd ed. (1999), and City Games: The Evolution of American Society and the Rise of Sports (1989).

• VOLUME 6: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF SPORT IN THE MODERN AGEEDITED BY STEVEN RIESS, NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, USA1. The Purpose of Sport, William J. Morgan2. Sporting Time and Sporting Space, Brian M. Ingrassia3. Products, Training and Technology, Jean Williams and Wray Vamplew4. Rules and Order, Sheldon Anderson5. Conflict and Accommodation, Matthew Taylor6. Inclusion, Exclusion and Segregation, Kevin B. Witherspoon7. Minds, Bodies and Identities, Mike Cronin8. Representation, Steven A. Riess

Steven A. Riess is the Bernard Brommel Distinguished Research Professor, Emeritus, at Northeastern Illinois University. He is the former editor of the Journal of Sport History, editor of the Syracuse University Press series “Sport and Entertainment,” and author of several books including Sports in Industrial America, 1850-1920, rev. 2nd ed. (2013); The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime. Horse Racing, Politics, and Crime in New York, 1865-1913, Touching Base: Professional Baseball and American Culture in the Progressive Era, rev. 2nd ed. (1999), and City Games: The Evolution of American Society and the Rise of Sports (1989).

• VOLUME 6: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF SPORT IN THE MODERN AGEEDITED BY STEVEN RIESS, NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, USA1. The Purpose of Sport, William J. Morgan2. Sporting Time and Sporting Space, Brian M. Ingrassia3. Products, Training and Technology, Jean Williams and Wray Vamplew4. Rules and Order, Sheldon Anderson5. Conflict and Accommodation, Matthew Taylor6. Inclusion, Exclusion and Segregation, Kevin B. Witherspoon7. Minds, Bodies and Identities, Mike Cronin8. Representation, Steven A. Riess