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Author Bose, Mihir, 1947-

Title The spirit of the game / by Mihir Bose
Published London : Constable, 2011

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 MELB  306.483 Bos/Sot  AVAILABLE
Description xvi, 605 pages ; 24 cm
Contents pt. 1 Arnold's children -- ch. 1 The curious sporting legacy of Thomas Arnold -- ch. 2 The French disciple -- ch. 3 The two Fs that Britain gave the world -- pt. 2 Sport in the age of extremes -- ch. 4 Global war resulting in the rise of global sport -- ch. 5 Sport as shaped by the brutes -- ch. 6 The muddled democratic response -- ch. 7 The worst of wars and the best of sports -- pt. 3 A different kind of sporting war -- ch. 8 Coping with the Russians -- ch. 9 How the Chinese reinvented Arnold's sports baton -- ch. 10 Sunday morning coffee with Mandela -- pt. 4 The loss of innocence -- ch. 11 The chefs who changed the sporting menu -- ch. 12 The shoemaker's deadly legacy -- ch. 13 The rupee takeaway -- ch. 14 What shall we do with sport?
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographic references and index
Subject Sports administration -- History.
Sports and state -- History.
Sports -- Corrupt practices -- History.
Sports -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Sports -- Social aspects -- History -- 20th century.
Sports -- Economic aspects -- History.
Sports -- Social aspects -- History -- 21st century.
ISBN 184901504X (hbk.)
9781849015042
Other Titles How sport has changed the modern world