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Author: Phil Stead
Publisher: Y Lolfa
Published: 2013-08-15
Total Pages: 349
ISBN-13: 1847716180
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Red Dragons covers the story of Welsh football since its earliest days in the nineteenth century, and looks at the characters, controversies and developments of the country's clubs, players, and most importantly, the national team.
Author: Nick Burnell
Publisher: Y Lolfa
Published: 2020-01-21
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 1784618195
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn two years, Wales went from Home International wooden spoon holders four times running to 1976 European Football Championship quarter-finalists. The book provides the background to qualification, accounts of all matches, examination of the fallout from the campaign's controversial ending, and a 'Where are they now?' section.
Author: Daphné Bolz
Publisher: Arete Verlag
Published: 2023-04-27
Total Pages: 439
ISBN-13: 3964231088
DOWNLOAD EBOOKModern sport originated in Europe. During the age of Enlightenment, gymnastics and athletics from Antiquity were rediscovered and changed into new cultural and educational forms, which shaped both the body and the mind. The industrialisation of Britain and Europe eventually introduced organisational patterns that gave 'sport' not only a name, but also a new structure. This was a distinctive product of European civilisation, which spread across the modern world. The 100 objects that are collected here are both material objects and forms of communication which explore the transformation and diversity of sports, games and physical education in Europe whether for training, performing or as part of other forms of celebration or festivity. This book is the first attempt to create a kaleidoscopic history of European sport through its rich material culture and emerged from a desire to develop transnational research in sports history. 110 authors from 39 countries have participated in a genuinely pan-European project, introducing the reader to the fascinating range of people, institutions and places which made up the world of modern European sport.
Author: Tom Gibbons
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2017-02-17
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 1317310578
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGiven sport’s centrality in English society, what role does it play in symbolising contemporary English national identity? This comprehensive study explores the complex set of relationships between sport and what it means to be English in the twenty-first century. The bond between sport and nationalism has long been recognised, but with increasingly vociferous separatist nationalisms threatening the dismantling of the United Kingdom, a closer analysis is timely. Part one addresses key debates regarding English national identity within the specific sporting contexts of association football, cricket, tennis, cycling and rugby. Part two discusses the complex relationship between religion, sport and English national identity as well as the attitudes and experiences of traditionally marginalized groups, including women, minority ethnic groups and disabled people. Part three considers the perspectives of the other UK nations on the link between sport and English national identity. Sport and English National Identity in a 'Disunited Kingdom' is fascinating reading for all those with an interest in the sociology, politics and history of sport, and the study of nations, nationalism and national identity.
Author: Trevor Herbert
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2022-09-29
Total Pages: 786
ISBN-13: 1009041673
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom early medieval bards to the bands of the 'Cool Cymru' era, this book looks at Welsh musical practices and traditions, the forces that have influenced and directed them, and the ways in which the idea of Wales as a 'musical nation' has been formed and embedded in popular consciousness in Wales and beyond. Beginning with early medieval descriptions of musical life in Wales, the book provides both an overarching study of Welsh music history and detailed consideration of the ideas, beliefs, practices and institutions that shaped it. Topics include the eisteddfod, the church and the chapel, the influence of the Welsh language and Welsh cultural traditions, the scholarship of the Celtic Revival and the folk song movement, the impacts of industrialization and digitization, and exposure to broader trends in popular culture, including commercial popular music and sport.
Author: Rob Steen
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2014-07-31
Total Pages: 801
ISBN-13: 1408152150
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEnthralling history of how sport has seeped into and enriched languages and lives from Afghanistan to Alaska and Zambia to Zermatt.
Author: Richard William Cox
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780719025921
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Siôn T. Jobbins
Publisher:
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 93
ISBN-13: 9781784611354
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLearn the story behind one of the world's most distinctive flags and Wales's greatest symbol. A full colour publication generously supplied with photographs, cuttings and illustrations and entertaining text by highly regarded author Siôn Jobbins.
Author: Richard William Cox
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780714652504
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVolume three of a bibliography documenting all that has been written in the English language on the history of sport and physical education in Britain. It lists all secondary source material including reference works, in a classified order to meet the needs of the sports historian.
Author: Richard Cox
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-12-16
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 113528721X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVolume one of a bibliography documenting all that has been written in the English language on the history of sport and physical education in Britain. It lists all secondary source material including reference works, in a classified order to meet the needs of the sports historian.
