Modern sport : the global obsession : politics, religion, class, gender : essays in honour of J.A. Mangan /
Modern sport : the global obsession : politics, religion, class, gender : essays in honour of J.A. Mangan /
edited by Boria Majumdar and Fan Hong.
- xiv, 281 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm.
- Sport in the global society .
- Sport in the global society. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue : transcending national boundaries / A man for the future / Beijing ambitions : an analysis of the Chinese elite sports system and its Olympic strategy for the 2008 Olympic Games / Women, nationalism and the Beijing Olympics : preparing for glory / 'Sadly neglected' - hunting and gendered identities : a study in gender construction / Amateur world champion, 1893 : the international cycling career of American Arthur Augustus Zimmerman, 1888-1896 / An imperial legacy - British by inclination : socialization, education and a Gibraltarian sense of identity / Discipline, character, health : ideals and icons of Nordic masculinity 1860-1930 / Closing the circle : sponsorship and the Greek Olympic Games from ancient times to the present day / Maharajas and cricket : self, state, province and nation / The political significance of sport : an Asian case study - sport, Japanese colonial policy and Korean national resistance, 1910-1945 / Sport as a political tool : Tanzania and the liberation of Africa / Celluloid soccer : the peculiarities of soccer in Bengali cinema / Sedentary games and the nationalist project : a silent history / Sports history in India : prospects and problems / 'For all that was good, noble and true' : a middle class martial icon of Canadian patriotism and British imperialism : John Lovell Dashwood, Canada and the Great War / 'Christ and the imperial games fields' in south-central Africa - sport and the Scottish missionaries in Malawi, 1880-1914 : utilitarian compromise / Epilogue : a fine example has boundless power / Boria Majumdar -- Boria Majumdar and Projit B. Mukharji -- Fan Hong, Ping Wu and Huan Xiong -- Dong Jinxia -- Callum Mckenzie -- Andrew Ritchie -- E. G. Archer -- Henrik Meinander -- Penelope Kissoudi -- Boria Majumdar -- Gwang Ok -- Hamad S. Ndee -- Sharmistha Gooptu -- Nirbed Ray and Projit Bihari Mukharji -- Kausik Bandyopadhyay -- Colm Hickey -- Markku Hokkanen -- Fan Hong. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
"These essays by leading academics and rising new talent consider the phenomenon of modern sport and its massive influence over global society. Together, this collection is also a tribute to the pioneering work of Professor J.A. Mangan on the political, religious, class and gender-based aspects of modern sport, from academics greatly influenced by him and his writing. This book was previously published as a special issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport."--BOOK JACKET.
0415390540 9780415390545
Mangan, J. A.
Sports--Social aspects
Sports--Sociological aspects
Sports--History.
Globalization.
Festschriften.
306.483
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue : transcending national boundaries / A man for the future / Beijing ambitions : an analysis of the Chinese elite sports system and its Olympic strategy for the 2008 Olympic Games / Women, nationalism and the Beijing Olympics : preparing for glory / 'Sadly neglected' - hunting and gendered identities : a study in gender construction / Amateur world champion, 1893 : the international cycling career of American Arthur Augustus Zimmerman, 1888-1896 / An imperial legacy - British by inclination : socialization, education and a Gibraltarian sense of identity / Discipline, character, health : ideals and icons of Nordic masculinity 1860-1930 / Closing the circle : sponsorship and the Greek Olympic Games from ancient times to the present day / Maharajas and cricket : self, state, province and nation / The political significance of sport : an Asian case study - sport, Japanese colonial policy and Korean national resistance, 1910-1945 / Sport as a political tool : Tanzania and the liberation of Africa / Celluloid soccer : the peculiarities of soccer in Bengali cinema / Sedentary games and the nationalist project : a silent history / Sports history in India : prospects and problems / 'For all that was good, noble and true' : a middle class martial icon of Canadian patriotism and British imperialism : John Lovell Dashwood, Canada and the Great War / 'Christ and the imperial games fields' in south-central Africa - sport and the Scottish missionaries in Malawi, 1880-1914 : utilitarian compromise / Epilogue : a fine example has boundless power / Boria Majumdar -- Boria Majumdar and Projit B. Mukharji -- Fan Hong, Ping Wu and Huan Xiong -- Dong Jinxia -- Callum Mckenzie -- Andrew Ritchie -- E. G. Archer -- Henrik Meinander -- Penelope Kissoudi -- Boria Majumdar -- Gwang Ok -- Hamad S. Ndee -- Sharmistha Gooptu -- Nirbed Ray and Projit Bihari Mukharji -- Kausik Bandyopadhyay -- Colm Hickey -- Markku Hokkanen -- Fan Hong. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
"These essays by leading academics and rising new talent consider the phenomenon of modern sport and its massive influence over global society. Together, this collection is also a tribute to the pioneering work of Professor J.A. Mangan on the political, religious, class and gender-based aspects of modern sport, from academics greatly influenced by him and his writing. This book was previously published as a special issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport."--BOOK JACKET.
0415390540 9780415390545
Mangan, J. A.
Sports--Social aspects
Sports--Sociological aspects
Sports--History.
Globalization.
Festschriften.
306.483