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Matthew L. McDowell is a Lecturer in Sport Policy, Management, and International Development at the University of Edinburgh, Moray House School of Education and Sport. He is the author of A Cultural History of Association Football in Scotland, 1865-1902 (2013), and an editor of The International Journal of the History of Sport. Previously, McDowell was Chair of the British Society of Sports History (2017-19) and an editor of Northern Scotland (2020-23). He has a PhD in Scottish history from the University of Glasgow, and his other publications examine a variety of phenomena in the history of Scottish, British Empire/Commonwealth, and Atlantic Rim sport, including: football, sporting events, lifestyle sport, curling, and sport’s relationship with politics. McDowell is originally from New Jersey; he has resided in Scotland for almost twenty years.

Matthew L. McDowell

Matthew L. McDowell is a Lecturer in Sport Policy, Management, and International Development at the University of Edinburgh, Moray House School of Education and Sport. He is the author of A Cultural History of Association Football in Scotland, 1865-1902 (2013), and an editor of The International Journal of the History of Sport. Previously, McDowell was Chair of the British Society of Sports History (2017-19) and an editor of Northern Scotland (2020-23). He has a PhD in Scottish history from the University of Glasgow, and his other publications examine a variety of phenomena in the history of Scottish, British Empire/Commonwealth, and Atlantic Rim sport, including: football, sporting events, lifestyle sport, curling, and sport’s relationship with politics. McDowell is originally from New Jersey; he has resided in Scotland for almost twenty years.

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Surfing and Modernity in the North of Scotland

By: Matthew L. McDowell
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After WWII, surfing found an unlikely home on the north coast of Scotland. The first to ride its world-class waves were workers from a nuclear facility, braving brutal weather. This book is a history of the region, examining how sport can be used to reinvent a community.

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