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UNINA9910783964503321 |
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Titolo |
Sport and national identity in the post-war world / / edited by Adrian Smith and Dilwyn Porter |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-45692-1 |
1-134-45693-X |
1-280-07952-5 |
9786610079520 |
0-203-64284-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (209 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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PorterDilwyn <1947-> |
SmithAdrian <1952-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Nationalism and sports - History - 20th century |
Sports - Social aspects - History - 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; Introduction; Sport and national identity in contemporary England; 'Your boys took one hell of a beating!' English football and British decline, c.1950 80; 'Every day when I wake up I thank the Lord I'm Welsh': Sport and national identity in post-war Wales; 'Cry for Us, Argentina': Sport and national identity in late twentieth-century Scotland; Who are the boys in green? Irish identity and soccer in the Republic of Ireland; 'One Nation, One Soul, One Dream, One Goal?' Sport and national identity in South Africa |
Cricket and a crisis of identity in the Anglophone CaribbeanBaseball and American exceptionalism; Black against gold: New Zealand Australia sporting rivalry in the modern era; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book provides a broad range of international case-studies to examine how sport has helped to shape national identities, and how national cultures have shaped contemporary sport. |
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