TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mangan,J.A.
AU  - Majumdar,Boria
AU  - Hong,Fan
TI  - Modern sport: the global obsession : politics, religion, class, gender : essays in honour of J.A. Mangan 
T2  - Sport in the global society
SN  - 0415390540
U1  - 306.483 22
PY  - 2007///]
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Mangan, J. A.
KW  - Sports
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Sociological aspects
KW  - History
KW  - Globalization
KW  - Festschriften
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Prologue : transcending national boundaries; Boria Majumdar --; 1; A man for the future; Boria Majumdar and Projit B. Mukharji --; 2; Beijing ambitions : an analysis of the Chinese elite sports system and its Olympic strategy for the 2008 Olympic Games; Fan Hong, Ping Wu and Huan Xiong --; 3; Women, nationalism and the Beijing Olympics : preparing for glory; Dong Jinxia --; 4; 'Sadly neglected' - hunting and gendered identities : a study in gender construction; Callum Mckenzie --; 5; Amateur world champion, 1893 : the international cycling career of American Arthur Augustus Zimmerman, 1888-1896; Andrew Ritchie --; 6; An imperial legacy - British by inclination : socialization, education and a Gibraltarian sense of identity; E. G. Archer --; 7; Discipline, character, health : ideals and icons of Nordic masculinity 1860-1930; Henrik Meinander --; 8; Closing the circle : sponsorship and the Greek Olympic Games from ancient times to the present day; Penelope Kissoudi --; 9; Maharajas and cricket : self, state, province and nation; Boria Majumdar --; 10; The political significance of sport : an Asian case study - sport, Japanese colonial policy and Korean national resistance, 1910-1945; Gwang Ok --; 11; Sport as a political tool : Tanzania and the liberation of Africa; Hamad S. Ndee --; 12; Celluloid soccer : the peculiarities of soccer in Bengali cinema; Sharmistha Gooptu --; 13; Sedentary games and the nationalist project : a silent history; Nirbed Ray and Projit Bihari Mukharji --; 14; Sports history in India : prospects and problems; Kausik Bandyopadhyay --; 15; '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; Colm Hickey --; 16; 'Christ and the imperial games fields' in south-central Africa - sport and the Scottish missionaries in Malawi, 1880-1914 : utilitarian compromise; Markku Hokkanen --; Epilogue : a fine example has boundless power; Fan Hong
N2  - "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
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