Flights to Empire : Australia's imperial engagement with the Olympic Games, 1900-1938
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| Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Fluchten ins Empire : die imperiale Verpflichtung Australiens gegenüber den Olympischen Spielen, 1900-1938 |
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| Autor: | Nielsen, Erik |
| Erschienen in: | Sport in society |
| Veröffentlicht: | 18 (2015), 7 (The British World and the Five Rings: Essays in British Imperialism and the Modern Olympic Movement), S. 783-799, Lit. |
| Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
| Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
| Medienart: | Elektronische Ressource (online) Gedruckte Ressource |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| ISSN: | 1743-0437, 1743-0445, 1461-0981 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/17430437.2014.991085 |
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| Erfassungsnummer: | PU201901000397 |
| Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract des Autors
Imperialism was a key concern for Australia during its early engagement with the Olympic Movement. This engagement was marked by a tension between traditional British approaches to sport and more modern approaches that could stem the tide of American superiority that had been expressed at the Olympic Games since 1896. Australia used the Olympic Games to assert its centrality within the British Empire in a sporting context. These themes are observable in three sets of circumstances: the selection of Australian teams between 1900 and 1932, Australia's engagement with the British Empire Games and Australia's response to the development of state amateurism within the Olympic Movement.