Sport and National Identity in the Post-War World

What is the relationship between sport and national identity? What can sport tell us about changing perceptions of national identityBringing 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 historyIt Includes studies of· English football and British declin· Englishness and spor· Ethnicity and nationalism in Scotlan· Social change and national pride in Wale· Irish international football and Irishnes· Sport and identity in South Afric· Cricket and identity crisis in the Caribbea· Baseball, exceptionalism and American Spor· Popular mythology surrounding the sporting rivalry between New Zealand and AustraliSport and National Identity in the Post-War Worldpresents a wealth of original research into contemporary social history and provides illuminating material for historians and sociologists alike.