Sport and Ireland : a history /
This history of sport in Ireland, locates it within Irish political, social, and cultural history, and within the global history of sport. There are aspects of Ireland's sporting history that are uniquely Irish, but it is a history of play shared with other societies, near and far. This book of...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2015.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This history of sport in Ireland, locates it within Irish political, social, and cultural history, and within the global history of sport. There are aspects of Ireland's sporting history that are uniquely Irish, but it is a history of play shared with other societies, near and far. This book offers a unique insight into the British Empire in Ireland; it also assesses the relationship between sport and national identity, and the manner in which states make policy in respect of sport. The manner in which sport has been colonised by the media and has colonised it, in turn, is also examined. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191063022 0191063029 9780191808685 0191808687 0198745907 9780198745907 |