
Sport in Australia
A Social History
Cambridge University Press
Published on 9. January 1995
Book
Hardback
360 pages
978-0-521-43513-0 (ISBN)
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Description
Australia is often seen as a sport-obsessed nation, its people besotted with watching and playing sport. This book is an exciting survey of Australia's sporting life since white settlement. It deals comprehensively with the history of a range of individual sports in Australia, including cricket, horse-racing, netball, rowing, tennis, lawn bowls, swimming and surfing and the various football codes. Leading sports historians look at the impact of professionalization and commercialization on many sports, the link between sport and nationalism, the successes of Australian sport in the international arena and the effect of the communications revolution on sport. The book shows that class prejudice, sexual segregation and racial discrimination have permeated Australia's sporting history, arguing that sport in Australia has not taken place on a level playing field. Sport in Australia demonstrates the central role of sport in Australian popular culture and shows the ways in which sport reflects changing Australian society.
Reviews / Votes
Review of the hardback: 'This is an interesting and well-researched book and will be enjoyed by those interested in social history and in evolution as well as lovers of sport.' The Northern AdvocateMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
42 Halftones, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 247 mm
Width: 174 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
950 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-43513-0 (9780521435130)
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Content
Preface; 1. Australians and sport Wray Vamplew; 2. Athletics John A. Daly; 3. Australian football Bernard Whimpress; 4. Boxing Wray Vamplew; 5. Cricket Richard Cashman; 6. Golf Brian Stoddart; 7. Horse-racing and trotting John O'Hara; 8. Lawn Bowls Louella McCarthy; 9. Lawn Tennis Graeme Kinross-Smith; 10. Netball Ian F. Jobling; 11. Rowing and sculling Daryl Adair; 12. Rugby Murray G. Phillips; 13. Soccer Philip Mosely and Bill Murray; 14. Swimming, surfing and surf-lifesaving Douglas Booth; 15. Reflections past and present Brian Stoddart; Index.