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The British World and the Five Rings

Essays in British Imperialism and the Modern Olympic Movement

Herausgeber: Nielsen, Erik; Llewellyn, Matthew

Beschreibung

The British World and the Five Rings constitutes the first history of the former British Empire's engagement with the Olympic Games. It focuses not only on Britain and her Dominions, but on the Empire as a whole. This book was published as a special issue of Sport in Society.

Autor

Erik Nielsen is a lecturer in the Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations at Macquarie University (Australia). He is the author of Sport and the British World, 1900-1930: Amateurism and National Identity in Australasia and Beyond (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014). Matthew P. Llewellyn is an Associate Professor of Kinesiology at the California State University, Fullerton, co-director of the Centre for the Socio-Cultural Sport and Olympic Research, associate editor of the Journal of Sport History, and the author of numerous books and journal articles on the history of sport.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 134
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 462g
• ISBN-13: 9781138909588
• ISBN-10: 1138909580
• Artikelnr.: 42025408