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Australian Rules Football During the First World War

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Authors:
  1. Dale Blair

    1. Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia

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  2. Rob Hess

    1. Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia

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  • Offers the first analysis of the effects of the First World War on Australian Rules football
  • Examines the relationship between the Great War, patriotism and this national sport
  • Explores the emergence of competitive women's football and its relationship to patriotism

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Sport and Politics (PASSP)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. War!

    • Dale Blair, Rob Hess
    Pages 1-15

  3. ‘King Football’

    • Dale Blair, Rob Hess
    Pages 17-37

  4. Football Under Siege

    • Dale Blair, Rob Hess
    Pages 39-52

  5. Women, War and Football

    • Dale Blair, Rob Hess
    Pages 53-68

  6. Football and the Military

    • Dale Blair, Rob Hess
    Pages 69-87

  7. Conscription

    • Dale Blair, Rob Hess
    Pages 89-104

  8. “Like Old Times”

    • Dale Blair, Rob Hess
    Pages 105-120

  9. Conclusion

    • Dale Blair, Rob Hess
    Pages 121-125

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 127-143
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About this book

The book explores the intersection between the Great War and patriotism through an examination of the effects of both on Australia’s most popular football code. The work is chronological, and therefore provides an easy path by which events may be followed. Ultimately it seeks to shine a light on and provide considerable detail to a much-ignored period in Australian Rules football history, including women’s football history, that was subject to much upheaval and which reflected considerable social and class divisions in society at the time. One hundred years on, the Australian Football League presents past soldier footballers as unequivocal representatives of a unifying national ‘Anzac’ spirit. That is far from the reality of football’s First World War experience.

Reviews

“This is an important contribution to World War I sport history and is extensively well researched, using primary and secondary sources. This book is a must-read for individuals with an interest in sport in Australia or across the globe during World War I.” (Micheal D. Warren, Journal of Sport History, Vol. 46, 2019)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia

    Dale Blair

  • Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia

    Rob Hess

About the authors

Dale Blair is Historian at Deakin University, Australia.

Rob Hess is Associate Professor in Sport History at Victoria University, Australia.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Australian Rules Football During the First World War

  • Authors: Dale Blair, Rob Hess

  • Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Sport and Politics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57843-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and the Author(s) 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-57842-2Published: 27 October 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86264-4Published: 23 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-57843-9Published: 16 October 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2365-998X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2365-9998

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 143

  • Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Australasian History, Modern History, History of Military, Social History, Political History

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