Wanda Ellen Wakefield
Biographic Data
| ID | 5375622 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wanda Ellen Wakefield |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wanda Ellen |
| FAMILY NAME | Wakefield |
| SIGNATURE | WAKEFIELD W E |
| AFFILIATIONS | SUNY Brockport |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Britain's Olympic Women: A History
In recent years, scholars have considered many facets of British sports. They have gone beyond the simple narrative of great moments and characters from the worlds of football, cricket, and rugby to consider the ways in which the British military used sports in its training programs. Other studies have introduced readers to the way that noncombatant British men used sport to validate their masculinity during World War II and to examine the role o…
Men in Reserve: British Civilian Masculinities in the Second World War
Book Review| July 01 2018 Men in Reserve: British Civilian Masculinities in the Second World War Pattinson, Juliette, Arthur McIvor, and Linsey Robb. Men in Reserve: British Civilian Masculinities in the Second World War. Cultural History of Modern War series. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2017. Pp. xiii—384. Illustrations, charts, index, and bibliography. £80, hb. £90, eb. Wanda Ellen Wakefield Wanda Ellen Wakefield College at Brockpo…
Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football: The Complete History of the Glory Years
Book Review| July 01 2015 Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football: The Complete History of the Glory Years Daye, John. Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football: The Complete History of the Glory Years. Haworth, NJ: St. Johann Press, 2014. Pp. 496. Rosters, programs, team photographs. $45.00 hb. Wanda Ellen Wakefield Wanda Ellen Wakefield Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2015) 42 (2): 243. https://doi…
The Army Isn’t All Work’: Physical Culture and the Evolution of the British Army, 1860-1920
Book Review| October 01 2013 ‘The Army Isn’t All Work’: Physical Culture and the Evolution of the British Army, 1860-1920 Campbell, James D. ‘The Army Isn’t All Work’: Physical Culture and the Evolution of the British Army, 1860-1920. Surrey, U.K.: Ashgate Publishing, 2012. Pp. vii+202. Bibliographical notes, index, and illustrations. £60 hb. Wanda Ellen Wakefield Wanda Ellen Wakefield State University of New York, College at Brockport Search for…
Sport and the Military: The British Armed Forces, 1880-1960
Book Review| October 01 2011 Sport and the Military: The British Armed Forces, 1880-1960 Mason, Tony and Eliza Riedi. Sport and the Military: The British Armed Forces, 1880-1960. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010, pp. 288. Wanda Ellen Wakefield Wanda Ellen Wakefield SUNY, College at Brockport Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2011) 38 (3): 518–519. https://doi.org/10.5406/jsporthistory.…
Out in the cold: Sliding sports and the Amateur Sports Act of 1978
For decades American athletes in less-popular – or ‘minor’– sports suffered from a lack of institutional and practical support from their sports' governing bodies. The AAU, in particular, failed to provide the funds necessary for athletes in the sliding sports of luge and bobsled to obtain proper training and opportunities to compete. By the early 1970s, the American Olympic effort was in chaos as athletes from the Eastern Bloc, taking advantage …
Playing to Win: Sports and the American Military, 1898-1945
Journal Article Playing to Win: Sports and the American Military, 1898–1945. By Wanda Ellen Wakefield. (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1997. x, 216 pp. Cloth, $59.50, ISBN 0-7914-3313-7. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-7914-3314-5.) Get access Douglas A. Noverr Douglas A. Noverr Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 84, Issue…
Playing to Win: Sports and the American Military, 1898-1945
Journal Article Playing to Win: Sports and the American Military, 1898–1945. By Wanda Ellen Wakefield. (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1997. x, 216 pp. Cloth, $59.50, ISBN 0-7914-3313-7. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-7914-3314-5.) Get access Douglas A. Noverr Douglas A. Noverr Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 84, Issue…
Playing to Win: Sports and the American Military, 1898-1945
Journal Article Playing to Win: Sports and the American Military, 1898–1945. By Wanda Ellen Wakefield. (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1997. x, 216 pp. Cloth, $59.50, ISBN 0-7914-3313-7. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-7914-3314-5.) Get access Douglas A. Noverr Douglas A. Noverr Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 84, Issue…
Out in the cold: Sliding sports and the Amateur Sports Act of 1978
For decades American athletes in less-popular – or ‘minor’– sports suffered from a lack of institutional and practical support from their sports' governing bodies. The AAU, in particular, failed to provide the funds necessary for athletes in the sliding sports of luge and bobsled to obtain proper training and opportunities to compete. By the early 1970s, the American Olympic effort was in chaos as athletes from the Eastern Bloc, taking advantage …
Sport and the Military: The British Armed Forces, 1880-1960
Book Review| October 01 2011 Sport and the Military: The British Armed Forces, 1880-1960 Mason, Tony and Eliza Riedi. Sport and the Military: The British Armed Forces, 1880-1960. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010, pp. 288. Wanda Ellen Wakefield Wanda Ellen Wakefield SUNY, College at Brockport Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2011) 38 (3): 518–519. https://doi.org/10.5406/jsporthistory.…
The Army Isn’t All Work’: Physical Culture and the Evolution of the British Army, 1860-1920
Book Review| October 01 2013 ‘The Army Isn’t All Work’: Physical Culture and the Evolution of the British Army, 1860-1920 Campbell, James D. ‘The Army Isn’t All Work’: Physical Culture and the Evolution of the British Army, 1860-1920. Surrey, U.K.: Ashgate Publishing, 2012. Pp. vii+202. Bibliographical notes, index, and illustrations. £60 hb. Wanda Ellen Wakefield Wanda Ellen Wakefield State University of New York, College at Brockport Search for…
Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football: The Complete History of the Glory Years
Book Review| July 01 2015 Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football: The Complete History of the Glory Years Daye, John. Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football: The Complete History of the Glory Years. Haworth, NJ: St. Johann Press, 2014. Pp. 496. Rosters, programs, team photographs. $45.00 hb. Wanda Ellen Wakefield Wanda Ellen Wakefield Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2015) 42 (2): 243. https://doi…
Men in Reserve: British Civilian Masculinities in the Second World War
Book Review| July 01 2018 Men in Reserve: British Civilian Masculinities in the Second World War Pattinson, Juliette, Arthur McIvor, and Linsey Robb. Men in Reserve: British Civilian Masculinities in the Second World War. Cultural History of Modern War series. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2017. Pp. xiii—384. Illustrations, charts, index, and bibliography. £80, hb. £90, eb. Wanda Ellen Wakefield Wanda Ellen Wakefield College at Brockpo…
Britain's Olympic Women: A History
In recent years, scholars have considered many facets of British sports. They have gone beyond the simple narrative of great moments and characters from the worlds of football, cricket, and rugby to consider the ways in which the British military used sports in its training programs. Other studies have introduced readers to the way that noncombatant British men used sport to validate their masculinity during World War II and to examine the role o…
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