Athleticism in the Victorian and Edwardian public school : the emergence and consolidation of an educational ideology / J.A. Mangan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mangan, J. A., author.

Series:

Sport in the Global Society

Sport in the global society, 1368-9789

Sport in the global society, 1368-9789 ; no. 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Endowed public schools (Great Britain)--History--19th century.

Endowed public schools (Great Britain).

Education--Aims and objectives--Great Britain.

Education.

Athletics--Great Britain--History--Sources.

Athletics.

School sports--Great Britain--History--Sources.

School sports.

Endowed public schools (Great Britain)--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (395 p.)

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxon [England] ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Games obsessed the Victorian and Edwardian public schools. The obsession has become widely known as athleticism. When it appeared in 1981, this book was the first major study of the games ethos which dominated the lives of many Victorian and Edwardian public schoolboys. Written with Professor Mangan's customary panache, it has become a classic, the seminal work on the social and cultural history of modern sport.

Contents:

pt. 1. The growth of the ideology

pt. 2. The forces of ideological consolidation.

Notes:

First published in 1981 by the Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-336) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-34799-2

1-283-70997-X

0-203-06186-1

1-136-34792-5

9780203061862

OCLC:

817889385