Sport and politics in modern Britain : the road to 2012 / by Kevin Jefferys.
Sport and politics in modern Britain : the road to 2012 / by Kevin Jefferys.
Sport and politics in modern Britain : the road to 2012 / by Kevin Jefferys.
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Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Date
2012.
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N306.48309/14
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English
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Physical content
viii, 316 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: -- AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroduction Sport and Politics in Austerity Britain, 1945-51Britain in the World of Sport,1951-59The Impact of the Wolfenden Report, 1960-64Creating and Running the Sports Council, 1964-67"Ballyhoo" about Sport in the Late 1960sBattli...
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Publisher
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2012.
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Summary
"Kevin Jefferys provides the first comprehensive historical account of the greatly increased interaction between sport and politics in Britain since World War Two. Jefferys sets sport within the changing socio-political context and balances an appreciation of continuity and change from the London Olympics of 1948 to those of 2012"--
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Sport and politics in modern Britain : the road to 2012 / by Kevin Jefferys.
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British studies series.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N306.48309/14
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74VvQROBGE6X
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvQROBGE6X
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9780230291874 (pbk.)
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0230291864 (cased) :
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306.4830941
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991014493919702626
