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Sport and the New Zealanders : a history / Greg Ryan and Geoff Watson.
Van Pelt Library GV679.N45 R93 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ryan, Greg, 1967- author.
- Watson, Geoff, 1969- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports.
- History.
- New Zealand--Social life and customs.
- New Zealand.
- Manners and customs.
- Sports--New Zealand--History.
- National characteristics, New Zealand.
- Rugby Union football.
- Local Subjects:
- Sports--New Zealand--History.
- New Zealand--Social life and customs.
- National characteristics, New Zealand.
- Rugby Union football.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 390 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Auckland, New Zealand : Auckland University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- "Why did rugby become much more important than soccer in New Zealand? What role have Māori played in our sporting life? Do we really 'punch above our weight' in international sport? Does sport still define our national identity? Viewing New Zealand sport as activity and as imagination, Sport and the New Zealanders is a major history of a central strand of New Zealand life"--Publisher information.
- "Why did rugby become much more important than soccer in New Zealand? What role have MaÌori played in our sporting life? Do we really 'punch above our weight' in international sport? Does sport still define our national identity? Viewing New Zealand sport as activity and as imagination, Sport and the New Zealanders is a major history of a central strand of New Zealand life"--Publisher information.
- Contents:
- Sport in New Zealand before 1840
- Laying the base: 1840-1870
- Building the pyramid: 1870-1890
- Broadening horizons: 1890-1914
- Towards national games: 1890-1920s
- A new normal: 1920-1940
- Becoming inclusive? 1920-1945
- Golden weather and a gathering storm: 1945-1970
- Playing under protest: 1970-1985
- For money not love? 1985-2015
- And sport for all?: 1990-2015.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-374) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781869408831
- 1869408837
- OCLC:
- 1037069888
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