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Sport and the British World, 1900-1930

Amateurism and National Identity in Australasia and Beyond

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. Erik Nielsen

    1. University of New South Wales, Australia
      Honorary Academic, Macquarie University, Australia

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Part of the book series: Britain and the World (BAW)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Erik Nielsen
    Pages 1-24

  3. The Commercialisation of Australasian Amateur Athletics

    • Erik Nielsen
    Pages 25-56

  4. The Role of Race and Class in Defining the Australasian Amateur Community

    • Erik Nielsen
    Pages 57-91

  5. ‘Imperialism and Nationalism in Action’? Reconfiguring the Athletic Relationship with Britain

    • Erik Nielsen
    Pages 92-120

  6. North American Cousins: Relations with the United States and Canada

    • Erik Nielsen
    Pages 121-151

  7. A Question of Nationalism? The Dissolution of the Australasian Amateur Athletic Relationship

    • Erik Nielsen
    Pages 152-181

  8. Conclusion

    • Erik Nielsen
    Pages 182-189

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 190-257
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About this book

This book provides a lively study of the role that Australians and New Zealanders played in defining the British sporting concept of amateurism. In doing so, they contributed to understandings of wider British identity across the sporting world.

Reviews

“Nielsen’s assiduous work in the archives reveals that Coombes was instrumental in establishing a network of contacts who were empire loyalists rather than colonial nationalists. … it generates new perspectives that cultural historians will find useful.” (Dilwyn Porter, The Journal of the Historical Association, October, 2016)

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of New South Wales, Australia

    Erik Nielsen

  • Honorary Academic, Macquarie University, Australia

    Erik Nielsen

About the author

Erik Nielsen is a historian of the British Empire with a focus on sport and is based at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He has published articles and chapters on track and field athletics, rugby league and Australia's sporting relationship with India. His teaching interests include military history, Australian colonial history and Australia's Asian Context.

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