Format:
XI, 315 S.
,
Ill.
ISBN:
0230241255
,
9780230241251
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Introduction: myths and milestones in the history of sport
,
The invention of sporting tradition: national myths, imperial pasts and the origins of Australian rules football
,
From evil to expedient: the legalization of professionalism in English football, 1884-85
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Peacefully at Wembley Stadium on 20 April 1974: the quiet death of amateur football in England
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Rough, manly sport and the American way: Theodore Roosevelt and college football, 1905
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Baseball, invented tradition, and nationalistic spirit
,
'Her dainty strength': Suzanne Lenglen, Wimbledon and the coming of female sport celebrity
,
Before and after 1968: reconsidering the introduction of drug testing in the Olympic Games
,
The 'Revolt of the Black athlete': Tommie Smith and John Carlos's 1968 Black Poser Salute reconsidered
,
The D'Oliveira affair: Cricket, 'race' and politics
,
The physical activism of Billie Jean King
,
John L. Sullivan: the champion of all champions
,
The 'Packer affair' and the early marriage of television and sport
,
All these years of hurt: culture, pedagogy and '1966' as a site of national myths
,
The 1960 Rome Summer Olympics: birth of a new world?
Language:
English
Keywords:
Sport
;
Geschichte 1800-2000
;
Aufsatzsammlung
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