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War, Sport and the Anzac Tradition
Inbunden, 2015
568 kr
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Commemoration of war is done through sport on Anzac Day to remember Australia's war dead. War, Sport and the Anzac Tradition traces the creation of this sporting tradition at Gallipoli in 1915, and how it has evolved from late Victorian and Edwardian ideas of masculinity extolling prowess on the …
Britain and the Olympic Games, 1908-1920
Perspectives on Participation and Identity
Inbunden, 2015
1163 kr
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Britain and the Olympic Games, 1908-1920 focuses upon the presentation and descriptions of identity that are presented through the depictions of the Olympics in the national press. This book breaks Britain down into its four nations and presents the debates that were present within their national …
British World and an Australian National Identity
Anglo-Australian Cricket, 1860–1901
Inbunden, 2017
568 kr
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This book explores the dynamics of Anglo-Australian cricketing relations within the ‘British World’ in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It explores what these interactions can tell us about broader Anglo-Australian relations during this period and, in particular, the evolution of …
Exercise in the Female Life-Cycle in Britain, 1930-1970
Inbunden, 2016
568 kr
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This book examines how adolescence, menstruation and pregnancy were experienced or ‘managed’ by active women in Britain between 1930 and 1970, and how their athletic life-styles interacted with their working lives, marriage and motherhood. It explores the gendered barriers which have influenced …
Cricket and Society in South Africa, 1910–1971
From Union to Isolation
Av Bruce Murray, Richard Parry m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
960 kr
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This book explores how cricket in South Africa was shaped by society and society by cricket. It demonstrates the centrality of cricket in the evolving relationship between culture, sport and politics starting with South Africa as the beating heart of the imperial project and ending with the country …
Histories of Women's Work in Global Sport
A Man’s World?
Av Georgia Cervin, Claire Nicolas
Inbunden, 2019
1352 kr
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Sport has never been a man’s world. As this volume shows, women have served key roles not only as athletes and spectators, but as administrators, workers, decision-makers, and leaders in sporting organizations around the world. Contributors excavate scarce archival material to uncover histories of …
Histories of Women's Work in Global Sport
A Man’s World?
Av Georgia Cervin, Claire Nicolas
Häftad, 2021
1352 kr
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Sport has never been a man’s world. As this volume shows, women have served key roles not only as athletes and spectators, but as administrators, workers, decision-makers, and leaders in sporting organizations around the world. Contributors excavate scarce archival material to uncover histories of …
Cricket, Kirikiti and Imperialism in Samoa, 1879–1939
Inbunden, 2019
848 kr
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This book considers how Samoans embraced and reshaped the English game of cricket, recasting it as a distinctively Samoan pastime, kirikiti. Starting with cricket’s introduction to the islands in 1879, it uses both cricket and kirikiti to trace six decades of contest between and within the …
Cricket, Kirikiti and Imperialism in Samoa, 1879–1939
Häftad, 2020
568 kr
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This book considers how Samoans embraced and reshaped the English game of cricket, recasting it as a distinctively Samoan pastime, kirikiti. Starting with cricket’s introduction to the islands in 1879, it uses both cricket and kirikiti to trace six decades of contest between and within the …
Mexico City's Olympic Games
Citizenship and Nation Building, 1963-1968
Av Axel Elías
Inbunden, 2021
1464 kr
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This book looks at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games as a complex nation-building project. Sports mega-events have been mostly studied as homogenous government-led strategies, but more work is needed around the diverse reception and performances. The preparation period for the Olympics in Mexico and …
Mexico City's Olympic Games
Citizenship and Nation Building, 1963-1968
Av Axel Elías
Häftad, 2022
1464 kr
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This book looks at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games as a complex nation-building project. Sports mega-events have been mostly studied as homogenous government-led strategies, but more work is needed around the diverse reception and performances. The preparation period for the Olympics in Mexico and …
International Security and the Olympic Games, 1972–2020
Inbunden, 2022
1576 kr
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Drawing on new archival documents and interviews, this book demonstrates the evolving role of international politics in Olympic security planning. Olympic security concerns changed forever following the terrorist attack on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. The International Olympic …
International Security and the Olympic Games, 1972–2020
Häftad, 2023
1576 kr
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Drawing on new archival documents and interviews, this book demonstrates the evolving role of international politics in Olympic security planning. Olympic security concerns changed forever following the terrorist attack on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. The International Olympic …
Football and National Identity in Twentieth-Century Argentina
La Nuestra
Av Mark Orton
Inbunden, 2023
1576 kr
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This book examines how since its arrival in 1867 with British immigrants, football has become the key cultural signifier of national identity in Argentina over the long twentieth century. With the international exploits of players such as Luis Monti, Alfredo Di Stéfano and Diego Maradona, the sport …
Football and National Identity in Twentieth-Century Argentina
La Nuestra
Av Mark Orton
Häftad, 2024
1576 kr
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This book examines how since its arrival in 1867 with British immigrants, football has become the key cultural signifier of national identity in Argentina over the long twentieth century. With the international exploits of players such as Luis Monti, Alfredo Di Stéfano and Diego Maradona, the sport …
Political History of Sport in Sweden
Inbunden, 2024
2029 kr
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This book presents a history of Swedish sport, highlighting in particular the relationship between sport politics and people’s changing attitudes towards sport from the eighteenth century until today. It scrutinizes the interaction between sport politics and people’s different approaches to sport …
Political History of Sport in Sweden
Häftad, 2025
1576 kr
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This book presents a history of Swedish sport, highlighting in particular the relationship between sport politics and people’s changing attitudes towards sport from the eighteenth century until today. It scrutinizes the interaction between sport politics and people’s different approaches to sport …
Physical Education and Physical Culture in South Africa, 1837-1966
Inbunden, 2024
1576 kr
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The interconnectedness between sport and colonialism has long been a matter of interest to sport historians. Consequently, a large number of scholarly works exist on physical education and physical culture history, but there is no significant work on this within a South African context, both …
Physical Education and Physical Culture in South Africa, 1837-1966
Häftad, 2025
1576 kr
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The interconnectedness between sport and colonialism has long been a matter of interest to sport historians. Consequently, a large number of scholarly works exist on physical education and physical culture history, but there is no significant work on this within a South African context, both …
Politics of Football in China
Institutional Change and Political Steering Under Xi Jinping
Inbunden, 2025
1422 kr
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In recent years, football has become an important field for institutional change and political steering in China. Under the leadership of Xi Jinping, the Chinese Communist Party has placed football at the centre of its national rejuvenation agenda, seeking to transform the country into a powerful …
Politics of Football in China
Institutional Change and Political Steering Under Xi Jinping
Häftad, 2026
1422 kr
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In recent years, football has become an important field for institutional change and political steering in China. Under the leadership of Xi Jinping, the Chinese Communist Party has placed football at the centre of its national rejuvenation agenda, seeking to transform the country into a powerful …
Rugby and the First World War
Society, Politics, and Sport
Inbunden, 2026
1795 kr
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There are many books on the First World War, ranging from serious academic analyses to works aimed at a more general readership. There are also many books about rugby. But there are very few detailed academic analyses of the intersection between these two fields. This edited collection aims to …
Max Schmeling and the Making of a National Hero in Twentieth-Century Germany
Av Jon Hughes
Inbunden, 2017
1352 kr
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This book presents the first in-depth study of the German boxer Max Schmeling (1905-2005) as a national hero and representative figure in Germany between the 1920s and the present day. It explores the complex relationship between sport, culture, politics and national identity and draws on a century …
Australian Rules Football During the First World War
Av Dale Blair, Rob Hess
Inbunden, 2017
568 kr
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The book explores the intersection between the Great War and patriotism through an examination of the effects of both on Australia’s most popular football code. The work is chronological, and therefore provides an easy path by which events may be followed. Ultimately it seeks to shine a light on …
Max Schmeling and the Making of a National Hero in Twentieth-Century Germany
Av Jon Hughes
Häftad, 2018
1352 kr
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This book presents the first in-depth study of the German boxer Max Schmeling (1905-2005) as a national hero and representative figure in Germany between the 1920s and the present day. It explores the complex relationship between sport, culture, politics and national identity and draws on a century …
Australian Rules Football During the First World War
Av Dale Blair, Rob Hess
Häftad, 2018
568 kr
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The book explores the intersection between the Great War and patriotism through an examination of the effects of both on Australia’s most popular football code. The work is chronological, and therefore provides an easy path by which events may be followed. Ultimately it seeks to shine a light on …
Cricket and Society in South Africa, 1910–1971
From Union to Isolation
Av Bruce Murray, Richard Parry m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
1352 kr
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This book explores how cricket in South Africa was shaped by society and society by cricket. It demonstrates the centrality of cricket in the evolving relationship between culture, sport and politics starting with South Africa as the beating heart of the imperial project and ending with the country …
