Sport in Europe : politics, class, gender / edited by J. A. Mangan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mangan, J. A.

Series:

European sports history review ; v. 1.

The European sports history review ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--Europe--Philosophy--History.

Sports.

Sports--Europe--Sociological aspects--History.

History.

Philosophy.

Europe.

Physical Description:

ix, 268 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Frank Cass, 1999.

Contents:

Sport and Gender

Women and Football - A Contradiction? The Beginnings of Women's Football in Four European Countries / Gertrud Pfister, Kari Fasting, Sheila Scraton, Benilde Vazquez 1

Cultural Differentiation, Shared Aspiration: The Entente Cordiale of International Ladies' Football, 1920-45 / Alethea Melling 27

A Contribution to the History of Jewish Sport and Education in Poland: The City of Poznan, 1904-39 / Teresa Ziolkowska 54

Sport and Class

English Elementary Education Revisited and Revised: Drill and Athleticism in Tandem / J.A. Mangan, Colm Hickey 63

Football's Missing Link: The Real Story of the Evolution of Modern Football / Adrian Harvey 92

'Touched Pitch and Been Shockingly Defiled': Football, Class, Social Darwinism and Decadence in England, 1880-1914 / R.W. Lewis 117

Sport and Politics

Organised Memories: The Construction of Sporting Traditions in the German Democratic Republic / Tara Magdalinski 144

Sport and the Scottish Office in the Twentieth Century: The Control of a Social Problem / Callum G. Brown 164

Sport and the Scottish Office in the Twentieth Century: The Promotion of a Social and Gender Policy / Callum G. Brown 183

Sport, Politics, Class and Gender

Sport in the Slavic World before Communism: Cultural Traditions and National Functions / Wojciech Liponski 203.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0714649465

0714680052

OCLC:

41387789