In this well-researched volume, Anderson (emer., Loyola Univ., New Orleans) looks at the emergence of sports as an outgrowth of Victorian values. . . . This is excellent social history. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readers.
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This lively and intriguing study looks at the way sports both reflected and shaped Victorian society.
Just as our own games have a lot to say about modern American culture, so sports are a prism through which we can gain valuable insights into Victorian society. The Sporting Life: Victorian Sports and Games is an engaging and perceptive account of how sport developed during Britain's heyday, who played (and who wasn't allowed to play), and what it all conveys about gender, race, imperialism, and national pride.
Drawing extensively on 19th-century writings, The Sporting Life begins with a survey of sports in pre-Victorian England and the impact of industrialism in the early 19th century. We read of the effects of evangelicalism and utilitarianism, both of which first opposed sport, then used it for their own purposes. We learn of the association of sports with masculinity, an identification women challenged late in the century. Finally we learn how English sports became part of the imperial game, used to promote—and resist—the spread of Victoria's vast empire.
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This lively and intriguing study looks at the way sports both reflected and shaped Victorian society.
Series Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Glossary
Chronology
1. English Sports before the Victorians
2. The Remaking of Sporting Cultures in Early-Victorian England
3. Sports in the Victorian Public Schools and Universities
4. Rational Recreation and Muscular Christianity
5. The Sporting Revolution
6. The New Sporting Woman
7. The Professionalization of Sports in Late-Victorian England
8. Sports and the Imperial Mission
Illustration Sources
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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In this well-researched volume, Anderson (emer., Loyola Univ., New Orleans) looks at the emergence of sports as an
outgrowth of Victorian values. . . . This is excellent social history. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readers.
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This lively and intriguing study looks at the way sports both reflected and shaped Victorian society.
Excerpts from 19th-century English writings on sports allow the Victorians speak in their own words about the meaning of sports in their lives
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780275989996
Publisert
2010-02-26
Utgiver
Vendor
Praeger Publishers Inc
Vekt
879 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
244
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