| Reformers, Sport, Modernizers: Middle-Class Revolutions Contributor(s): Field, Marcus Douglas (Author), Mangan, J. a. (Author), Mangan, J. a. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 071465244X ISBN-13: 9780714652443 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $237.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | History |
| Dewey: 796.094 |
| LCCN: 2002514477 |
| Series: European Sports History Review, |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6" W x 9" (1.31 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A record of the role of selected middle-class individuals across Europe who made notable contributions to the early evolution of modern sport and who saw success in modern sport as an expression of human qualities to be admired, applauded and encouraged. They viewed sport, sometimes self-interestedly but not always self-interestedly, as a medium of personal, collective and national virtue. It is the first general consideration of a selection of these innovatory pioneers and proselytisers who placed Europe at the forefront of major developments in contemporary world sport - now a phenomenon of global significance. |