The Sporting Life (inbunden)
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Format
Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
244
Utgivningsdatum
2010-02-26
Utmärkelser
Winner of Outstanding Academic Title, 2010 2011
Förlag
Praeger Publishers Inc
Illustratör/Fotograf
Illustrations
Illustrationer
Illustrations
Dimensioner
242 x 163 x 23 mm
Vikt
518 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
1 Hardback
ISBN
9780275989996

The Sporting Life

Victorian Sports and Games

av Nancy Fix Anderson
Inbunden,  Engelska, 2010-02-26
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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 promoteand resistthe spread of Victoria's vast empire.
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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. * Choice *

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Nancy Fix Anderson is professor emerita of history at Loyola University New Orleans.

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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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