This book uncovers Britain’s early Olympic involvement, revealing how the British public, media, and leading governmental officials were strongly opposed to international Olympic competition. It explores how the British Olympic Association focused on three main factors in the midst of widespread national opposition: it embraced early Olympian spectacles as a platform for maintaining a sporting union with Ireland, it fostered a greater sense of imperial identity with Britain’s white dominions, and it undertook an ambitious policy of athletic specialization designed to reverse the nation’s waning fortunes in international sport.
This book was previously published as a special issue of International Journal of the History of Sport.
This book uncovers Britain’s early Olympic involvement, revealing how the British public, media, and leading governmental officials were strongly opposed to international Olympic competition. It explores how the British Olympic Association focused on three main factors in the midst of widespread national opposition: it embraced early Olympian spectacles as a platform for maintaining a sporting union with Ireland, it fostered a greater sense of imperial identity with Britain’s white dominions, and it undertook an ambitious policy of athletic specialization designed to reverse the nation’s waning fortunes in international sport.
This book was previously published as a special issue of International Journal of the History of Sport.
![Rule Britannia: Nationalism, Identity and the Modern Olympic Games](http://img.images-bn.com/static/redesign/srcs/images/grey-box.png?v11.11.4)
Rule Britannia: Nationalism, Identity and the Modern Olympic Games
228![Rule Britannia: Nationalism, Identity and the Modern Olympic Games](http://img.images-bn.com/static/redesign/srcs/images/grey-box.png?v11.11.4)
Rule Britannia: Nationalism, Identity and the Modern Olympic Games
228Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781032926360 |
---|---|
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Publication date: | 10/14/2024 |
Series: | Sport in the Global Society - Historical Perspectives |
Pages: | 228 |
Product dimensions: | 6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d) |