Sport and Politics

This book examines Australia’s sporting relationships with the Asian region during the interwar period; covering China, Japan, India, Netherlands East Indies, Philippines, Malaya and Singapore and sports including rugby, football, swimming, hockey, boxing, cricket and tennis. _x000D_ This book was p..

This book examines Australia’s sporting relationships with the Asian region during the interwar period; covering China, Japan, India, Netherlands East Indies, Philippines, Malaya and Singapore and sports including rugby, football, swimming, hockey, boxing, cricket and tennis. _x005F_x000D_ This book..

This book analyses the global media responses to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at all three stages: the torch relay, the opening and closing ceremonies and the competition itself._x000D_ It was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport...

This book analyses the global media responses to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at all three stages: the torch relay, the opening and closing ceremonies and the competition itself._x005F_x000D_ It was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport...

This work examines the national and international importance of sport and its role in shaping post-millennium global culture...

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This book offers an original Marxist critique of the European football business. It argues that the Marxist account of the difference between profits and surplus value is crucial to an understanding of the fluid and contradictory nature of the commodification of football. Section one analyses the na..

From the Mexico Olympics of 1968 to the events surrounding the Olympic torch relay leading up to Beijing 2008, sport has been a site for political and human rights struggles. This book captures the memories of important historical actors involved and presents the latest scholarly analyses of past an..

From the Mexico Olympics of 1968 to the events surrounding the Olympic torch relay leading up to Beijing 2008, sport has been a site for political and human rights struggles. This book captures the memories of important historical actors involved and presents the latest scholarly analyses of past an..

Games and Sporting Events in History offers a broad global perspective on sports and games in Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia. A diverse set of topics covers education, medicine, therapy, body culture, gender, race, cross cultural flow, and political issues from the late nineteenth century t..

Based on long-term and detailed ethnographic research, this book uses Malta as a critical case study to explore the dynamics of contemporary football. Examining Maltese football in the context of the island's unique politics, culture and national identity, the book sheds light upon both Maltese soci..

Historical research on the Olympic Movement is highly valuable as it displays processes of continuity and transformation by which knowledge building processes on the Olympic Movement, its structure and on Olympic sport can be expanded. This comprehensive collection examines the multifaceted profile ..