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1 online resource |
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Intro -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Figure -- Plates -- 1. Introduction: The problem of fair play -- 2. What do we mean when we talk about fair play? -- Fair play as not cheating -- Fair play as respecting people's entitlements -- Fair play as courtesy in sport -- Fair play as a sporting chance -- Fair play as sympathy for the underdog -- Fair play as refusal to sneak -- The core meaning -- Fair play and the sense of equality -- Fair play in political theory -- Fair play as a discourse -- 3. Fair play-the history of a phrase -- "Fair" and "play" in Early and Middle English -- The first appearance of "fair play" -- The ambiguity of "fair play" -- "Fair play" in early modern English: the 16th century -- The 17th century -- The 18th century -- The 19th century -- Some analogues of "fair play" -- Estimating levels of usage of "fair play" -- 4. Classical perspectives -- 5. Christianity and chivalry -- The "ideal type" -- The biblical tradition -- The saint and the knight -- Beowulf: killing monsters fairly -- The origins of chivalry -- Fair play in the literature of chivalry: Chrétien to Malory -- Chivalry in real life: the tournament -- The survival of chivalry: Spenser and Sidney -- Shakespeare, chivalry, and fair play -- Chivalry in literature: a declining tradition -- Sir Walter Scott and the revival of chivalry -- 6. Fair play in pre-industrial Britain: Law, politics, religion, and class -- Fair play takes root -- English social structure and fair play -- Fair play in the common law -- The English political system and fair play -- The Church and fair play -- Some conclusions -- 7. Fair play-the popular strand -- Fair play outside the elite -- Street-fighting men -- The cult of the outlaw -- Conclusion -- 8. The rise of the gentleman -- The gentleman -- Fox-hunting |
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Horse-racing -- Duelling -- Conclusion -- 9. The realm beyond England -- 10. The great appropriation -- Popular sport in pre-industrial England -- Cricket -- Boxing -- The many faces of football -- Tennis and golf -- Why England? -- 11. The expanding circle -- The humanitarian revolution -- Fair play for working people -- Fair play and the reform of Parliament -- The position of women -- The consequences of empire -- Fair play, slavery, and abolition -- Fair play and the British Empire -- 12. The wider world -- 13. Fair play in the 20th century and beyond -- Frequency of use -- Changing meanings -- Fair play in the age of the world wars, 1900-1950 -- From Attlee to Blair: fair play 1951-2000 -- Fair play after the millennium -- Fair play in practice -- 14. Conclusion: Fair play and the British -- Appendix 1: Quantifying the use of "fair play" -- 1. Digital collections of published works -- 2. Databases on the frequency of use of words and phrases -- 3. Digital collections of periodicals -- 4. Concordances -- Appendix 2: Fair play quotients for teams playing fifteen or more matches at World Cup finals, 1930 to 2018 -- Endnotes -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- Chapter 14 -- Appendix 1 -- Bibliography -- Index -- Plates |
| Summary |
For hundreds of years English people have claimed that fair play is at the core of their national identity. In this book Jonathan Duke-Evans explores the origins of the idea of fair play, tracing it back to the classical world and the Dark Ages, and finding its genesis deep within England's social structure. Charting its early development through both the tales of chivalry and the stories of popular legend, the book shows how fair play manifested itself in literature, the law, the Christian religion, and the family. It examines the way in which fair play was conceived during the ages of slavery and empire, and it proposes a new account of the birth of modern sport in the encounter between age-old popular games and the Victorian cult of amateurism. Taking in the Scottish, Irish, and Welsh manifestations of fair play, the book offers contrasts and comparisons from cultures all around the world, and suggests new perspectives on the relevance of fair play in the 21st century |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Sportsmanship -- Great Britain -- History
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National characteristics, British.
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Fairness.
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Social ethics -- Great Britain -- History
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Fairness
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Moral conditions
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National characteristics, British
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Social ethics
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Sportsmanship
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Moral conditions -- History
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191953293 |
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0191953296 |
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9780192676290 |
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0192676296 |
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9780192676283 |
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0192676288 |
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