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War, Sport and the Anzac Tradition
Kevin Blackburn
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Description for War, Sport and the Anzac Tradition
Hardback. Commemoration of war is done through sport on Anzac Day to remember Australia's war dead. War, Sport and the Anzac Tradition traces the creation of this sporting tradition at Gallipoli in 1915, and how it has evolved from late Victorian and Edwardian ideas of masculinity extolling prowess on the sports field as fostering prowess on the battlefield. Series: Palgrave Studies in Sport and Politics. Num Pages: 141 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HBLX; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
Commemoration of war is done through sport on Anzac Day to remember Australia's war dead. War, Sport and the Anzac Tradition traces the creation of this sporting tradition at Gallipoli in 1915, and how it has evolved from late Victorian and Edwardian ideas of masculinity extolling prowess on the sports field as fostering prowess on the battlefield.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
141
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Sport and Politics
Number of Pages
135
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137487599
SKU
V9781137487599
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Kevin Blackburn
Kevin Blackburn is Associate Professor in History at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is the author of The Sportsmen of Changi (2012), which deals with the relationship between sport and captivity under the Japanese during World War II.
Reviews for War, Sport and the Anzac Tradition
“War, Sport and the Anzac Tradition is an at times exemplary work of synthesis and analysis that deserves to be read by the community of scholars in the discipline of Australian sport history and by general readers beyond.” (Ian Syson, Australian Historical Studies, Vol. 49 (4), 2018)