Sport and Revolutionaries - Reclaiming Historical Role of Sport in Social Political Activism

Informationen zum Autor John Nauright is Professor of Sport and Leisure Cultures! Director of the Centre for Sport! Tourism and Leisure Studies! and Head of Research in the School of Sport and Leisure Management at the University of Brighton! UK.He is the author and editor ofsixteen books and numerous refereed articles in Sports Studies.David K. Wiggins is Professor and Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Sport and Leisure at George Mason University! Washington DC! USA. He is also a former Editor of Quest and the Journal of Sport History! and Fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology. He is the author and editor of numerous books and essays on the history of sport. Zusammenfassung Sport and Revolutionaries examines the role that sport has played in political activism and revolutionary movements. The book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Sport and Revolutionaries: Reclaiming the Historical Role of Sport in Social and Political Activism 2. Cricket and the Radical 3. The Radicalisation of the Gaelic Athletic Association in Ulster, 1912 – 1923: The Role of Owen O’Duffy 4. Bolsheviks, Revolution and Physical Culture 5. Game Changer: The Role of Sport in Revolution 6. Building Character and Socialising a Revolutionary: Sport and Leisure in the Life of Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara 7. ‘The Struggle That Must Be’: Harry Edwards, Sport and the Fight for Racial Equality 8. Kwementyaye (Charles) Perkins: Indigenous Soccer Player and Australian Political Activist 9. The Universe is Shaped like a Football: Football and Revolution

Product details

• Authors: John Wiggins Nauright
• Assisted by: John Nauright (Editor), David K Wiggins (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.03.2015
• EAN: 9781138854932
• ISBN: 978-1-138-85493-2
• No. of pages: 140
• Series: Sport in the Global Society - Historical perspectives
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Holidays (non-religious), Political activism, Sociology: sport & leisure, Sociology: sport and leisure, Political activism / Political engagement