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Sport in Asian society : past and present /
Linking sport to the emergence and growth of modern Asian society this collection of essays offers a lucid, original and highly readable history of politics, culture and sport in the world's most populous region.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Portland, OR :
F. Cass,
2003.
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| Colección: | Sport in the global society.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Imperial origins: Christian manliness, moral imperatives and pre-Sri Lankan playing fields: consolidation / J.A. Mangan
- Celestials in touch: sport and the Chinese in colonial Singapore / N.G. Aplin and Quek Jon Jong
- "Sportsmanship": English inspiration and Japanese response: F.W. Strange and Chiyosaburo Takeda / Ikuo Abe and J.A. Mangan
- - "Healthy bodies, healthy minds -sport and society in colonial Malaya / Janice N. Brownfoot
- Cricket in colonial India: the Bombay Pentangular, 1892-1946 / Boria Majumdar
- Sport in China: conflict between tradition and modernity, 1840s to 1930s / Fan Hong and Tan Hua
- Ideology, politics, power: Korean sport transformation, 1945-92 / Ha Nam-Gil and J.A. Mangan
- Shackling the lion: sport and modern Singapore / Peter A. Horton
- The juggernaut of globalization: sport and modernization in Iran / H.E. Chehabi
- "Pancasila": sport and the building of Indonesia: ambitions and obstacles / Iain Adams
- Communist China: sport, politics and diplomacy / Fan Hong and Xiong Xiaozheng
- The road to modernization: sport in Taiwan / Trevor Slack ⁵ [and others]
- Sport in modern India: policies, practices and problems / Packianathan Chelladurai ⁵ [and others]
- From Iran to all of Asia: the origin and diffusion of polo / H.E. Chehabi and Allen Guttman
- Epilogue: into the future: Asian sport and globalization / Fan Hong.