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Sport and National Identity in the Post-War World by Adrian Smith (2004, Uk-B Format Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRoutledge
ISBN-100415283019
ISBN-139780415283014
eBay Product ID (ePID)5914236
Product Key Features
Number of Pages208 Pages
Publication NameSport and National Identity in the Post-War World
LanguageEnglish
SubjectGeneral, Sociology of Sports
Publication Year2004
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSports & Recreation
AuthorAdrian Smith
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight11.2 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2003-066687
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal306.4/83
Table Of ContentIntroduction 1. Sport and national identity in contemporary England 2. 'Your boys took one hell of a beating!' English football and British decline, c.1950-80 3. 'Every day I wake up and I thank the Lord I'm Welsh': sport and national identity in post-war Wales 4. 'Cry for Us, Argentina': sport and national identity in late twentieth-century Scotland 5. Who are the boys in Green? Irish identity and soccer in the Republic of Ireland 6. 'One Nation, One Soul, One Dream, One Goal?' Sport and national identity in South Africa 7. Cricket and a crisis of identity in the Anglophone Caribbean 8. Baseball and American exceptionalism 9. Black against gold: New Zealand-Australia sporting rivalry in the modern era
SynopsisWhat is the relationship between sport and national identity? What can sport tell us about changing perceptions of national identity? Bringing together the work of established historians and younger commentators, this illuminating text surveys the last half-century, giving due attention to the place of sport in our social and political history. It Includes studies of: · English football and British decline · Englishness and sport · Ethnicity and nationalism in Scotland · Social change and national pride in Wales · Irish international football and Irishness · Sport and identity in South Africa · Cricket and identity crisis in the Caribbean · Baseball, exceptionalism and American Sport · Popular mythology surrounding the sporting rivalry between New Zealand and Australia Sport and National Identity in the Post-War World presents a wealth of original research into contemporary social history and provides illuminating material for historians and sociologists alike., This book provides a broad range of international case studies to examine how sport has helped to shape national identities, and how national cultures have shaped sport., What is the relationship between sport and national identity? What can sport tell us about changing perceptions of national identity? Bringing together the work of established historians and younger commentators, this illuminating text surveys the last half-century, giving due attention to the place of sport in our social and political history. It Includes studies of: - English football and British decline - Englishness and sport - Ethnicity and nationalism in Scotland - Social change and national pride in Wales - Irish international football and Irishness - Sport and identity in South Africa - Cricket and identity crisis in the Caribbean - Baseball, exceptionalism and American Sport - Popular mythology surrounding the sporting rivalry between New Zealand and Australia Sport and National Identity in the Post-War World presents a wealth of original research into contemporary social history and provides illuminating material for historians and sociologists alike.
LC Classification NumberGV706.34
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