This book explores complex political, imperial, and identity issues that shaped Britain’s Olympic participation throughout the early decades of the twentieth century._x000D_
This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Place: UK
Publication Year: 2011-12-05
Language: English
Number of Pages: 232
Edition: 1
Series: Sport in the Global Society - Historical Perspectives
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