Australian Rules Football During the First World War

Dale Blair, Rob Hess (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

IX, 143 Seiten

2018 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-86264-4 (ISBN)

Artikel merken

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 and provide considerable detail to a much-ignored period in Australian Rules football history, including women's football history, that was subject to much upheaval and which reflected considerable social and class divisions in society at the time. One hundred years on, the Australian Football League presents past soldier footballers as unequivocal representatives of a unifying national 'Anzac' spirit. That is far from the reality of football's First World War experience.

Dale Blair is Historian at Deakin University, Australia. Rob Hess is Associate Professor in Sport History at Victoria University, Australia.

1. War.- 2. 'King' Football.- 3. Football under Siege.- 4. Women, War and Football.- 5. Football and the Military.- 6. Conscription.- 7. 'Like Old Times'.- 8. Conclusion.- Bibliography.- Index.

"This is an important contribution to World War I sport history and is extensively well researched, using primary and secondary sources. This book is a must-read for individuals with an interest in sport in Australia or across the globe during World War I." (Micheal D. Warren, Journal of Sport History, Vol. 46, 2019)

Erscheinungsdatum	08.02.2019
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Studies in Sport and Politics
Zusatzinfo	IX, 143 p. 9 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	212 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
Schlagworte	Anzac • Gender • Great War • Patriotism • Sport History
ISBN-10	3-319-86264-2 / 3319862642
ISBN-13	978-3-319-86264-4 / 9783319862644
Zustand	Neuware