War, Sport and the Anzac Tradition

War, Sport and the Anzac Tradition
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Total Pages : 142
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ISBN-10 : 9781137487605
ISBN-13 : 1137487607
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Book Synopsis War, Sport and the Anzac Tradition by : Kevin Blackburn

Download or read book War, Sport and the Anzac Tradition written by Kevin Blackburn and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commemoration of war is done through sport on Anzac Day to remember Australia's war dead. War, Sport and the Anzac Tradition traces the creation of this sporting tradition at Gallipoli in 1915, and how it has evolved from late Victorian and Edwardian ideas of masculinity extolling prowess on the sports field as fostering prowess on the battlefield.


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