Athleticism in the Victorian and Edwardian Public School: The Emergence and Consolidation of an Educational Ideology

ISBN-13: 9781138408203 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

J. a. Mangan

Opis

Games obsessed the Victorian and Edwardian public schools. The obsession has become known as athleticism. This is a study of the games ethos which dominate the lives of many Victorian and Edwardian public schoolboys.

Recenzje

'One of the four most important books published in the last twenty years on sports history.' - Allen Guttmann, Amherst College

'Original, exhaustively-researched and stimulating.' - Francis Wheen, The New Statesman

'One of the vital works for those engaged in both the history of education and the cultural history of sport.' - History of Education Review

Spis treści

History of Education Reviewone of the vital works for those engaged in both the history of education and the cultural history of sport

O autorze

J. A. Mangan