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Author Mangan, J. A

Title The games ethic and imperialism : aspects of the diffusion of an ideal / J.A. Mangan
Published London ; Portland, OR : F. Cass, [1998]
©1998

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Description 1 online resource (239 pages)
Series Sport in the global society, 1368-9789 ; [2]
Sport in the global society ; 2. 1368-9789
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Publicists, Propagandists and Proselytizers; 2. Concepts of Duty and Prospects of Adventure; 3. Manly Chaps in Control; 4. Gentlemen Galore; 5. Eton in India; 6. Discipline in the Dominion; 7. Christ and the Imperial Games Fields; Bibliography; Notes; Index
Summary This is more than a description of the imperial spread of public school games: it considers hegemony and patronage, ideals and idealism, educational values and aspirations, cultural assimilation and adaptation and the dissemination of the moralistic ideology of athleticism
Notes Originally published: Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England; New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking, 1986
Continues: Athleticism in the Victorian and Edwardian public school
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Endowed public schools (Great Britain) -- History -- 19th century
Endowed public schools (Great Britain) -- History -- 20th century
School sports -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
School sports -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
School sports -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Great Britain
Imperialism -- Psychological aspects
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
Endowed public schools (Great Britain)
Imperialism -- Psychological aspects
School sports
School sports -- Moral and ethical aspects
Sports -- Aspect social -- Grande-Bretagne.
Sports -- Aspect moral -- Grande-Bretagne.
Public schools -- 19e siècle.
Public schools -- 20e siècle.
Sports scolaires -- Grande-Bretagne -- 19e siècle.
Sports scolaires -- Grande-Bretagne -- 20e siècle.
Impérialisme -- Aspect psychologique.
Great Britain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Mangan, J. A. Athleticism in the Victorian and Edwardian public school
ISBN 9781135225827
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