ISBN:
9781137439444
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (338 pages)
Series Statement:
Global culture and sport
Series Statement:
Global Culture and Sport Ser.
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Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.483
Keywords:
Sports and globalization
;
Sports and globalization
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Part I: The Long Narrative of Sport-for-Good -- 1: Introduction: Theorizing the History of Sport-for-Development -- 2: Model Men -- Introduction -- The Context of Development -- Sport and the Imperial Project -- The Beginnings of Sport's Model Men -- Tom Brown's School Days, Thomas Hughes, and the Development of Muscular Christians -- Exporting Sport -- Missionaries and Sport: Disciplining Bodies, Cultivating Christians -- Conclusion -- 3: Institutionalizing and Internationalizing Sport-for-Good -- Introduction -- The Context of Development -- Sport-for-Good in the Age of Progress -- Physical Work at Home: The YMCA in North America -- Sport, Protestantism, and American Organizations Abroad: The YMCA Goes International -- Play with a Purpose: Beyond the YMCA -- Resistance and Persistence -- Purposeful Recreation for Women and Girls -- The Persistence of Imperial Attitudes Toward Sport -- Assertions of Local Resistance -- From Rational Recreation to Organized Sport -- Elwood Brown, Sport in the Philippines, and the Far East Championship Games -- The IOC and the Spread of Sport -- Conclusion -- 4: Sport, Development, and the Cold War -- Introduction -- The Context of Development -- Delivering Aid Through Sport in a Cold War Climate -- Sport, the State, and US Development Aid -- Sport, Aid, and the Soviet Union -- Beyond the Superpowers, Beyond the Cold War -- The Best of Intentions? 1960s Western Volunteer Service Organizations, Sport, and Development -- Conclusion -- 5: Anti-Colonialism and the Decolonization of Sport Development -- Introduction -- The Context of Development -- The Limits of Modernization -- Third World-Led Initiatives -- Anti-Colonial Initiatives in Sport -- Reframing Western Sport: The International Olympic Aid Commission (IOAC).
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-43944-4
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