Description |
1 online resource (316 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
European sports history review, 1462-1495 ; v. 5 |
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European sports history review ; v. 5. 1462-1495
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Contents |
Prologue : combative sports and combative societies / J.A. Mangan -- From the battlefield to the arena : gladiators, militarism and the Roman Republic / Donald G. Kyle -- Lasting legacy? Spartan life as a Germanic educational ideal : Karl Otfried Müller and Die Dorier / Orestis Kustrin and J.A. Mangan -- Ball games, from the Roman gentleman to the Renaissance warrior / John McClelland -- Military drill : rather more than 'brief and basic' : English elementary schools and English militarism / J.A. Mangan and Hamad S. Ndee -- 'Pig sticking is the greatest fun' : martial conditioning on the hunting fields of Empire / J.A. Mangan and Callum McKenzie -- Wartime opportunities : ladies' football and the First World War factories / Ali Melling -- Antidote to war : the Balkan Games / Penelope Kissoudi -- Children into soldiers : sport and fascist Italy / Roberta Vescovi -- Confronting George Orwell : Philip Noel-Baker on international sport, particularly the Olympic movement, as peacemaker / Peter J. Beck -- Compromise and confrontation : Danish sport under the Swastika / Hans Bonde -- Cold War diplomats in tracksuits : the Fräuleinwunder of East German sport / Gertrud Pfister -- Fitness 'wars' : purpose and politics in communist state building / Vassil Girginov -- Epilogue : Many mansions and many architectural styles / J.A. Mangan |
Summary |
This collection explores the relationship between sport and war |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-309) and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Sports -- Europe -- History
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Sports -- Europe -- Sociological aspects
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Military sports -- Europe -- History
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Militarism -- Europe -- History
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Sociology of Sports.
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Militarism
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Military sports
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Sports
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Sports -- Sociological aspects
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SUBJECT |
Europe -- History, Military.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045720
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Subject |
Europe
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Military history
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Mangan, J. A
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LC no. |
2003278563 |
ISBN |
0203504054 |
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9780203504055 |
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9786610101788 |
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6610101787 |
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9780714653600 |
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0714653608 |
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9780714682952 |
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0714682950 |
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9781135773175 |
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1135773173 |
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9781135773120 |
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1135773122 |
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9781135773168 |
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1135773165 |
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0203607678 |
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9780203607671 |
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1280101784 |
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9781280101786 |
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