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Sport and the New Zealanders : a history / Greg Ryan and Geoff Watson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Auckland, New Zealand : Auckland University Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: ix, 390 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781869408831
  • 1869408837
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GV679.N45 R93 2018
Summary: "Why did rugby become much more important than soccer in New Zealand? What role have Māori played in our sporting life? Do we really 'punch above our weight' in international sport? Does sport still define our national identity? Viewing New Zealand sport as activity and as imagination, Sport and the New Zealanders is a major history of a central strand of New Zealand life"--Publisher information. Publisher information.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Non-Fiction Davis (Central) Library Non-Fiction Non-Fiction 796.0993 RYA Available T00806615
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

`. . . those two mighty products of the land, the Canterbury lamb and the All Blacks, have made New Zealand what she is in spite of politicians' claims to the contrary', wrote Dick Brittenden in 1954. `For many in New Zealand, prowess at sport replaces the social graces; in the pubs, during the furious session between 5pm and closing time an hour later, the friend of a relative of a horse trainer is a veritable patriarch. No matador in Madrid, no tenor in Turin could be sure of such flattering attention.' As Brittenden suggested, sport has played a central part in the social and cultural history of Aotearoa New Zealand throughout its history. This book tells the story of sport in New Zealand for the first time, from the Maori world to today's professional athletes. Through rugby and netball, bodybuilding and surf lifesaving, the book introduces readers to the history of the codes, the organisations and the players. It takes us into the stands and on to the sidelines to examine the meaning of sport to its participants, its followers, and to the communities to which they belonged. Why did rugby become much more important than soccer in New Zealand? What role have Maori played in our sporting life? Do we really `punch above our weight' in international sport? Does sport still define our national identity? Viewing New Zealand sport as activity and as imagination, Sport and the New Zealanders is a major history of a central strand of New Zealand life.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-374) and index.

"Why did rugby become much more important than soccer in New Zealand? What role have Māori played in our sporting life? Do we really 'punch above our weight' in international sport? Does sport still define our national identity? Viewing New Zealand sport as activity and as imagination, Sport and the New Zealanders is a major history of a central strand of New Zealand life"--Publisher information. Publisher information.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Acknowledgments (p. vii)
  • Abbreviations (p. ix)
  • Introduction (p. 1)
  • Chapter 1 Sport in New Zealand before 1840 (p. 12)
  • Chapter 2 Laying the Base: 1840-1870 (p. 29)
  • Chapter 3 Building the Pyramid: 1870-1890 (p. 54)
  • Chapter 4 Broadening Horizons: 1890-1914 (p. 83)
  • Chapter 5 Towards National Games: 1890-1920s (p. 117)
  • Chapter 6 A New Normal: 1920-1940 (p. 145)
  • Chapter 7 Becoming Inclusive? 1920-1945 (p. 175)
  • Chapter 8 Golden Weather and a Gathering Storm: 1945-1970 (p. 199)
  • Chapter 9 Playing Under Protest: 1970-1985 (p. 227)
  • Chapter 10 For Money not Love? 1985-2015 (p. 254)
  • Chapter 11 And Sport for All? 1990-2015 (p. 283)
  • Conclusion (p. 310)
  • Notes (p. 317)
  • Select Bibliography (p. 357)
  • Index (p. 375)

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