Sport in Australia A Social History |
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| Editor:
| Vamplew, Wray
Stoddart, Brian |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-07135-2 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2008 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $50.99 |
Book Description:
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This book is an exciting survey of Australia's sporting life. 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 football codes. It demonstrates the central role of sport in Australian popular culture and shows the ways in which sport reflects changing Australian society.
This book is an exciting survey of Australia's sporting life. 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 football codes. It demonstrates the central role of sport in Australian popular culture and shows the ways in which sport reflects changing Australian society.