Sport and the British world, 1900-1930 : amateurism and national identity in Australasia and beyond
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Sport and the British world, 1900-1930 : amateurism and national identity in Australasia and beyond
（Britain and the world）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2014
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-249) and index
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Description
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.
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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