Sport and National Identity in the Post-War World

<p>What is the relationship between sport and national identity? What can sport tell us about changing perceptions of national identity?<br>Bringing together the work of established historians and younger commentators this illuminating text surveys the last half-century giving due attention to the place of sport in our social and political history.<br>It Includes studies of:<br>· English football and British decline<br>· Englishness and sport<br>· Ethnicity and nationalism in Scotland<br>· Social change and national pride in Wales<br>· Irish international football and Irishness<br>· Sport and identity in South Africa<br>· Cricket and identity crisis in the Caribbean<br>· Baseball exceptionalism and American Sport<br>· Popular mythology surrounding the sporting rivalry between New Zealand and Australia<br><em>Sport and National Identity in the Post-War World</em> presents a wealth of original research into contemporary social history and provides illuminating material for historians and sociologists alike.</p>