Moving the Goalposts

Martin Polley provides a survey of sport in Britain since 1945 and examines sport's place in British culture. He discusses issues of class, gender, race, commerce and politics, as well as analysing contemporary sport. Introduction; Chapter 1 Sport, politics, and the state; Chapter 2 Sport, the nation, and the world; Chapter 3 Sport, commerce, and sponsorship; Chapter 4 Sport and gender; Chapter 5 Sport, social class, and professional status; Chapter 6 Sport and ethnicity; conclustion Conclusion;