Sport in Australian National Identity: Kicking Goals
Author:   Tony Ward
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780415575553


Pages:   212
Publication Date:   19 March 2010
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Tony Ward
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.410kg
ISBN:  

9780415575553


ISBN 10:   0415575559
Pages:   212
Publication Date:   19 March 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction 2 Measuring Sports Madness 3 Sport and National Identity 4 ‘The heart of what it means to be Australian’ 5 The Roar of the Crowd 6 Lifeblood of the Community 7 Start of this ‘sporting people’ 8 Early Sports 1860–1900 9 Visions of Australian Sport in 1900 10 Sports Images in a Time of Turmoil 1910–40 11 Heyday of the Amateur?: 1950s 12 Changing Times 1960–75 13 Marketing Sports Nationalism 1975–85 14 Take the Money and Run 1985–2007 15 Conclusion

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Effectively the book is divided into two parts, with the first offering a more thematic examination, the second taking a chronological appraoch as it details Australian sport from 1860 through to the present. [...] The content is highly detailed and impressively researched. - Aaron Scott - Third Umpire Ward comes to his subject with anunfeigned zeal, asking all the right questions. this book contains much the best statistical analysis of its kind available. - Gideon Haigh, The Sydney Morning Herald


Effectively the book is divided into two parts, with the first offering a more thematic examination, the second taking a chronological appraoch as it details Australian sport from 1860 through to the present. [...] The content is highly detailed and impressively researched. - Aaron Scott - Third Umpire Ward comes to his subject with anunfeigned zeal, asking all the right questions. this book contains much the best statistical analysis of its kind available. - Gideon Haigh, The Sydney Morning Herald


Author Information

Tony Ward is a writer and researcher based in Melbourne. Apart from his interest in national identity and sports, he runs a small consulting firm specialising in economic and financial analysis. He lives with his wife Gail in Elwood, inner Melbourne, and enjoys several sports, including golf, tennis, swimming and walking.

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