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Militarism, sport, Europe : war without weapons /

This collection explores the relationship between sport and war.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Mangan, J. A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Portland, OR : Frank Cass, 2003.
Colección:European sports history review ; v. 5.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue : combative sports and combative societies / J.A. Mangan
  • From 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.