Britain and the Olympic Games, 1908-1920 : Perspectives on Participation and Identity
ISBN: 9781137498625
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Palgrave Macmillan UK
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Subjects: Sport &; Recreation; History;

Britain and the Olympic Games, 1908-1920 focuses upon the presentation and descriptions of identity that are presented through the depictions of the Olympics in the national press. This book breaks Britain down into its four nations and presents the debates that were present within their national press.


Luke Harris is Sessional Lecturer within the Department of History and American Studies at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. His interests include Olympic history and British social history.

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