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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"History of sport"”.
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A History of Sport on Commercial Television, 1955-1992
This thesis explores the relationship between sport and the United Kingdom's first two commercial television channels, Independent Television (ITV) and Channel Four. It is the first comprehensive study of the history of British television sport to focus on commercial broadcasters and is based on …
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A social history of sport in Cork, Tipperary and Waterford, c. 1880-1930
This thesis seeks to explore the development of sport in Munster in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by comparing developments in three counties: Cork, Tipperary and Waterford. In particular this thesis considers the development of rugby and soccer in comparative perspective across …
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'Body work' : a history of sport and physical culture in colonial and postcolonial Laos
This study investigates the importance of physical culture in modern Laos, and the variety of local, regional and global forces that have shaped it. 'Body work' practices, including sport, physical education and military training, and the ideas on which they are based, have placed gender and the …
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'Body work' : a history of sport and physical culture in colonial and postcolonial Laos
This study investigates the importance of physical culture in modern Laos, and the variety of local, regional and global forces that have shaped it. 'Body work' practices, including sport, physical education and military training, and the ideas on which they are based, have placed gender and the …
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The development of sport in County Westmeath 1850-1905
This thesis examines the development of sport in county Westmeath between 1850 and 1905. The subject is an unexplored one in the Irish context but by extensive use of contemporary newspapers and the census enumerators' household schedule forms of 1901, an attempt is made to re-create the sporting …
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The Hosting of Major Sports Events in Developing Countries: What can Kenya Learn from South Africa?
Developed countries have dominated the hosting of major sports events for many decades, however recent years have witnessed cities and nations from ‘developing countries’ bidding to stage and actually hosting these events. This thesis examines the growing interest of developing countries in hosting …
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Building bodies, (un)making empire: gender, sport, and colonialism in the United States, 1880-1930
… intersecting relationship between indigeneity, sport, and gender at Haskell Institute. Now a Native American tribal college, Haskell Institute was originally built in the 1880s as part of the colonial boarding school movement, which sought to assimilate Native youth into white culture and …
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‘Will you walk into our parlour?’: The rise of leagues and their impact on the governance of women’s hockey in England 1895-1939
One of the main aims of this thesis is to supplement and further develop the very sparse body of academic work on hockey, and on women's hockey in particular. Despite being the premier team game for women and girls in England for much of the 20th century – as well as popular with men – the sport …
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An historical analysis of women’s emergence into intercollegiate athletic leadership: Eastern Michigan University, a case study
<p>The implementation of Title IX has increased women’s participation rates in intercollegiate athletics tenfold, yet women’s representation in athletic leadership remains marginal compared to men. As such, the purpose of this study was to understand the social construction of gender as it relates …