This Trove web site features images from the collections of leading Australian cultural institutions from the late eighteenth century through to the present. It provides a gateway to images from its own collection and those of the Australian War Memorial, the State Library of New South Wales, and the State Library of Victoria. Users can search the centralised index for their subject of interest, view thumbnails or the larger version of the image. The original collection, Picture Australia has been absorbed into Trove
This database provides extensive coverage across a wide range of social science disciplines including anthropology, criminology, economics, education, political science, psychology, social work and sociology.
The story of global sport is the story of expansion from local development to globalized industry, from recreational to marketized activity. Alongside that, each sport has its own distinctive history, sub-cultures, practices and structures. This ambitious new volume offers state-of-the-art overviews of the development of every major sport or classification of sport, examining their history, socio-cultural significance, political economy and international reach, and suggesting directions for future research.
A new and innovative survey of the discipline of sport history. Global in scope, it examines the key contemporary issues in sports historiography, sheds light on previously ignored topics, and sets an intellectual agenda for the future development of the discipline.
Sports in Society provides a comprehensive introduction to understanding the issues and controversies surrounding sports in society. Coakley delivers a critical approach toward sports related issues with an emphasis on social class, race, and ethnicity within the sports world.
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