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Australia's game
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- Book Synopsis
- Australia's Game-the History of Australian Football covers the history of Australian Rules football in fantastic detail.Unlike every other sport that has captured the nation's interest, Australian football is not a copy, a clone, or a hand-me-down of European culture. Rather, it is a game with special qualities, which arose from a distinctive series of events in the fledgling colony of Victoria, grew rapidly, and is now the most dominant sport in the country: a social, commercial, cultural and-for many-spiritual force.Australia's Game-the History of Australian Football describes, in forensic detail, the characters that led the way, how crises were faced and overcome, the great players and coaches who have influenced the ways the game has been played, the supporters who have stayed true to their club and have passed on their passion through generations, and most recently how the game has added another dimension with a flourishing national competition for women.
- About The Author
- Matthew Nicholson is the Vice President (Research and Development) of Monash University Malaysia. Most recently, he was Director of the Centre for Sport and Social Impact at La Trobe University, where he led research teams in exploring the health and wellbeing of Australians, particularly via improvements in physical activity and sport participation. Matthew is a co-author of Australian Sport: Better by Design? (Routledge, 2004), Sport and the Media: Managing the Nexus (Elsevier, 2007 & Routledge, 2015), and A National Game: The History of Australian Rules Football (Viking/Penguin, 2008), and a co-editor of the international collections Sport and Social Capital (Elsevier, 2008) and Participation in Sport: International Policy Perspectives (Routledge, 2011).
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781743796573
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Hardie Grant Books, (21 July 2022)
- Number of Pages
- 700
- Weight
- 1070 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 234 x 153 x 58 mm
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