Joseph L. Arbena
jose@CLEMSON.EDU

Born: Philadelphia, PA (USA) 29 July 1939

Education

• The George Washington University, B.A., Latin American Affairs, 1961
• University of Virginia, Ph.D., Latin American history, 1970

Present position: Professor of History, Clemson University

Teaching fields, Latin American history, History of modern sports, World geography.

Publications (books)

• Editor of Sport and Society in Latin America: Diffusion, Dependency, and the Rise of Mass Culture (1988)
• An Annotated Bibliography of Latin American Sport: Pre-Conquest to the Present (1989)
• Latin American Sport: An Annotated Bibliography, 1988-1998 (1999)

Publications (articles and chapters)
In such publications as Journal of Sport History; The International Journal of the History of Sport; Arete: The Journal of Sport Literature; Studies in Latin American Popular Culture; The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean; Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture; Historical Dictionary of the Modern Olympic Movement; History of European Ideas; and, Sport in Social Development: Traditions, Transitions, and Transformations.

Editorial experience
Editor, Journal of Sport History (1993-1996); on editorial boards of The International Journal of the History of Sport (1987-1997), Olympika: The International Journal of Olympic Studies (1999- ), Studies in Latin American Popular Culture (1992- ).

Articles

• Surgimiento y desarrollo del deporte moderno en América Latina: la influencia norteamericana.
• The emergence and development of modern sport in Latin America: the North American influence.
• Meaning and Joy in Latin American Sports.
• El mapa deportivo de América Latina.
• Significado y alegría en el deporte en América Latina.

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