Sport and National Identity in the Post-War World.

By: Porter, DilwynContributor(s): Smith, AdrianMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: London : Routledge, 2004Copyright date: ©2004Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (208 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203642849Subject(s): Sports - Social aspects - History - 20th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sport and National Identity in the Post-War WorldDDC classification: 306.4/83 LOC classification: GV706.34.SOnline resources: Click to View
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Front Cover -- Sport and National Identity in the Post-War World -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Introduction: Adrian Smith and Dilwyn Porter -- 1. Sport and national identity in contemporary England: Martin Polley -- 2. 'Your boys took one hell of a beating!' English football and British decline, c.1950-80: Dilwyn Porter -- 3. 'Every day when I wake up I thank the Lord I'm Welsh': Sport and national identity in post-war Wales: Martin Johnes -- 4. 'Cry for Us, Argentina': Sport and national identity in latetwentieth-century Scotland: Ronald Kowalski -- 5. Who are the boys in green? Irish identity and soccer in the Republic of Ireland: Michael Holmes and David Storey -- 6. 'One Nation, One Soul, One Dream, One Goal?' Sport and national identity in South Africa: Marc Keech -- 7. Cricket and a crisis of identity in the Anglophone Caribbean: Keith A.P. Sandiford -- 8. Baseball and American exceptionalism: Francis D. Cogliano -- 9. Black against gold: New Zealand-Australia sporting rivalryin the modern era: Adrian Smith -- Index.
Summary: 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.
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Front Cover -- Sport and National Identity in the Post-War World -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Introduction: Adrian Smith and Dilwyn Porter -- 1. Sport and national identity in contemporary England: Martin Polley -- 2. 'Your boys took one hell of a beating!' English football and British decline, c.1950-80: Dilwyn Porter -- 3. 'Every day when I wake up I thank the Lord I'm Welsh': Sport and national identity in post-war Wales: Martin Johnes -- 4. 'Cry for Us, Argentina': Sport and national identity in latetwentieth-century Scotland: Ronald Kowalski -- 5. Who are the boys in green? Irish identity and soccer in the Republic of Ireland: Michael Holmes and David Storey -- 6. 'One Nation, One Soul, One Dream, One Goal?' Sport and national identity in South Africa: Marc Keech -- 7. Cricket and a crisis of identity in the Anglophone Caribbean: Keith A.P. Sandiford -- 8. Baseball and American exceptionalism: Francis D. Cogliano -- 9. Black against gold: New Zealand-Australia sporting rivalryin the modern era: Adrian Smith -- Index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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