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The games ethic and imperialism : aspects of the diffusion of an ideal / J.A. Mangan.

Title
The games ethic and imperialism : aspects of the diffusion of an ideal / J.A. Mangan.
Author
Mangan, J. A.
Publication
London ; Portland, OR : F. Cass, c1998.

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Description
239 p.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Cass series--sport in the global society, 1368-9789 ; [2]
Uniform Title
Sport in the global society ; 2.
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
Genre/Form
History
Note
  • Originally published: Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England ; New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking, 1986.
  • Continues: Athleticism in the Victorian and Edwardian public school.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1. Publicists, Propagandists and Proselytizers: Ideals of Empire for Public Schoolboys -- 2. Concepts of Duty and Prospects of Adventure: Images of Empire for Public Schoolboys -- 3. Manly Chaps in Control: Blues and Blacks in the Sudan -- 4. 'Gentlemen Galore': Athleticism and Atheism in Tropical Africa -- 5. Eton in India: The Careful Creation of Oriental 'Englishmen' -- 6. Discipline in the Dominion: The 'Canuck' and the Cult of Manliness -- 7. Christ and the Imperial Games Fields: Evangelical Athletes of the Empire.
ISBN
0714643998 (paper)
LCCN
^^^97043854^
OCLC
38002556
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library