Sport in Australia : A Social History - Wray Vamplew

Sport in Australia

A Social History

By: Wray Vamplew (Editor), Brian Stoddart (Editor)

Paperback | 28 August 2008

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Australia is often seen as a sport-obsessed nation, its people besotted with watching and playing sport. This book is an exciting survey of Australia's sporting life since white settlement. It deals comprehensively with the history of a range of individual sports in Australia, including cricket, horse-racing, netball, rowing, tennis, lawn bowls, swimming and surfing and the various football codes. Leading sports historians look at the impact of professionalization and commercialization on many sports, the link between sport and nationalism, the successes of Australian sport in the international arena and the effect of the communications revolution on sport. The book shows that class prejudice, sexual segregation and racial discrimination have permeated Australia's sporting history, arguing that sport in Australia has not taken place on a level playing field. Sport in Australia demonstrates the central role of sport in Australian popular culture and shows the ways in which sport reflects changing Australian society.
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From the hardback review: 'This is an interesting and well-researched book and will be enjoyed by those interested in social history and in evolution as well as lovers of sport.' The Northern Advocate

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