Sport in Australia
A Social History
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1995
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-43513-0 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-43513-0 (ISBN)
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This book is exciting survey of Australia's sporting life since white settlement.
Australia is often seen as a sport-obsessed nation, its people besotted with watching and playing sport. This book is an exciting survey of Australia's sporting life since white settlement. It deals comprehensively with the history of a range of individual sports in Australia, including cricket, horse-racing, netball, rowing, tennis, lawn bowls, swimming and surfing and the various football codes. Leading sports historians look at the impact of professionalization and commercialization on many sports, the link between sport and nationalism, the successes of Australian sport in the international arena and the effect of the communications revolution on sport. The book shows that class prejudice, sexual segregation and racial discrimination have permeated Australia's sporting history, arguing that sport in Australia has not taken place on a level playing field. Sport in Australia demonstrates the central role of sport in Australian popular culture and shows the ways in which sport reflects changing Australian society.
Australia is often seen as a sport-obsessed nation, its people besotted with watching and playing sport. This book is an exciting survey of Australia's sporting life since white settlement. It deals comprehensively with the history of a range of individual sports in Australia, including cricket, horse-racing, netball, rowing, tennis, lawn bowls, swimming and surfing and the various football codes. Leading sports historians look at the impact of professionalization and commercialization on many sports, the link between sport and nationalism, the successes of Australian sport in the international arena and the effect of the communications revolution on sport. The book shows that class prejudice, sexual segregation and racial discrimination have permeated Australia's sporting history, arguing that sport in Australia has not taken place on a level playing field. Sport in Australia demonstrates the central role of sport in Australian popular culture and shows the ways in which sport reflects changing Australian society.
Preface; 1. Australians and sport Wray Vamplew; 2. Athletics John A. Daly; 3. Australian football Bernard Whimpress; 4. Boxing Wray Vamplew; 5. Cricket Richard Cashman; 6. Golf Brian Stoddart; 7. Horse-racing and trotting John O'Hara; 8. Lawn Bowls Louella McCarthy; 9. Lawn Tennis Graeme Kinross-Smith; 10. Netball Ian F. Jobling; 11. Rowing and sculling Daryl Adair; 12. Rugby Murray G. Phillips; 13. Soccer Philip Mosely and Bill Murray; 14. Swimming, surfing and surf-lifesaving Douglas Booth; 15. Reflections past and present Brian Stoddart; Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 9.1.1995 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 42 Halftones, unspecified |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 174 x 247 mm |
| Gewicht | 950 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-521-43513-7 / 0521435137 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-521-43513-0 / 9780521435130 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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