Description |
1 online resource (316 pages) : illustrations. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
European sports history review,
1462-1495 ;
v. 5
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European sports history review ; v. 5.
1462-1495
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-309) and index. |
Contents |
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. |
Summary |
This collection explores the relationship between sport and war. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Sports -- Europe -- History.
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Sports. |
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Europe. |
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History. |
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Sports -- Europe -- Sociological aspects.
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Military sports -- Europe -- History.
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Military sports. |
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Militarism -- Europe -- History.
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Militarism. |
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Europe -- History, Military.
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History, Military. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Military history.
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Added Author |
Mangan, J. A.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Militarism, sport, Europe. London ; Portland, OR : Frank Cass, 2003 0714653608 0714682950 (DLC) 2003278563 (OCoLC)53796710 |
ISBN |
0203504054 (electronic book) |
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9780203504055 (electronic book) |
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0714653608 (Cloth) |
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0714682950 (paperback) |
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9786610101788 |
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6610101787 |
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9780714653600 |
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0714653608 |
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