ISBN:
9780714653600
,
0714653608
,
0203504054
,
9780203504055
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (316 pages)
,
illustrations.
Series Statement:
European sports history review 1462-1495 v. 5
Series Statement:
European sports history review v. 5
Parallel Title:
Print version Militarism, sport, Europe
DDC:
306.483
Keywords:
Sports History
;
Europe
;
Sports Sociological aspects
;
Europe
;
Military sports History
;
Europe
;
Militarism History
;
Europe
;
Sports History
;
Sports Sociological aspects
;
Military sports History
;
Militarism History
;
Sports History
;
Militarism History
;
Military sports History
;
Sports Sociological aspects
;
Sports History
;
Europe
;
Military sports
;
Sports
;
Sports ; Sociological aspects
;
Militarism
;
SPORTS & RECREATION ; Sociology of Sports
;
History
;
Military history
;
Europe History, Military
;
Europe
;
Europe History, Military
;
Europe History, Military
;
Europe
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books History
;
Military history
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
This collection explores the relationship between sport and war
Description / Table of Contents:
Prologue : combative sports and combative societies / J.A. ManganFrom 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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-309) and index. - Print version record
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