Pt. I. Theory, methods and key themes in sports history. Introduction / S. W. Pope and John Nauright
Sources / Gary Osmond and Murray Phillips
The city / Gerald R. Gems
Borderlands / Colin Howell and Daryl Leeworthy
Sociology / Louise Mansfield and Dominic Malcolm
Race / John Nauright and David K. Wiggins
Body culture / Henning Eichberg
Science and technology / Verner Moller
Entrepreneurship / Dilwyn Porter
Religion / William J. Baker
International relations / Barbara Keys
Nationalism / Matti Goksoyr
Alternative sports / Robert E. Rinehart.
Pt. II. Sports history around the world. Africa (sub-Saharan) / John Nauright
Belgium and the Netherlands / Ruud Stokvis
Canada / Amanda N. Schweinbenz
The Caribbean / Alan Gregor Cobley
Central and Eastern Europe / Marek Waic and Stefan Zwicker
Great Britain / Martin Johnes
Ireland / David Hassan and Philip O'Kane
Mexico and Central America / Richard V. McGehee
The Middle East and North Africa / Mahfoud Amara
New Zealand (Aotearoa) / Malcolm Maclean
Nordic countries / Niels Kayser Nielsen
Russia / the Soviet Union / James Riordan
South America / Cesar R. Torres
South Asia / Chris Valiotis
South-East Asia / Charles Little
The United States of America / Mark Dyreson.
