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Sport and the British World, 1900-1930 E. Nielsen

Sport and the British World, 1900-1930 By E. Nielsen

Sport and the British World, 1900-1930 by E. Nielsen

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This book provides a lively study of the role that Australians and New Zealanders played in defining the British sporting concept of amateurism. In doing so, they contributed to understandings of wider British identity across the sporting world.

Sport and the British World, 1900-1930 Summary

Sport and the British World, 1900-1930: Amateurism and National Identity in Australasia and Beyond by E. Nielsen

This book provides a lively study of the role that Australians and New Zealanders played in defining the British sporting concept of amateurism. In doing so, they contributed to understandings of wider British identity across the sporting world.

Sport and the British World, 1900-1930 Reviews

Nielsen's assiduous work in the archives reveals that Coombes was instrumental in establishing a network of contacts who were empire loyalists rather than colonial nationalists. ... it generates new perspectives that cultural historians will find useful. (Dilwyn Porter, The Journal of the Historical Association, October, 2016)

About E. Nielsen

Erik Nielsen is a historian of the British Empire with a focus on sport and is based at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He has published articles and chapters on track and field athletics, rugby league and Australia's sporting relationship with India. His teaching interests include military history, Australian colonial history and Australia's Asian Context.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. The Commercialisation of Australasian Amateur Athletics 3. The Role of Race and Class in Defining the Australasian Amateur Community 4. 'Imperialism and Nationalism in Action'? Reconfiguring the Athletic Relationship with Britain 5. North American Cousins: Relations with the United States and Canada 6. A Question of Nationalism? The Dissolution of the Australasian Amateur Athletic Relationship Conclusion

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NLS9781349485383
9781349485383
1349485381
Sport and the British World, 1900-1930: Amateurism and National Identity in Australasia and Beyond by E. Nielsen
E. Nielsen
Britain and the World
New
Paperback
Palgrave Macmillan
2014-01-01
257
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