Serious Sport: J.A. Mangan's Contribution to the History of Sport

by Crawford; Scott

• ISBN13: 9780714684512
• ISBN10: 0714684511
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781135756086
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2004-07-21
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This exciting work is a fitting tribute to the scholarship and lasting accomplishments of Professor Tony Mangan. Pioneer, trailblazer and mentor, Professor Mangan is a scholar of the highest repute in the field of sport history. His foundational work has sustained and energized the field for decades, and continues to stimulate new and innovative thrusts into the international arena. His seminal work on athleticism and imperialism commanded attention and applause from a broad range of historians. It opened new horizons of enquiry providing the field with a richly insightful study of hegemony and patronage, of cultural assimilation and adaptation, and of the ways that power elites used sport for socialization, acculturation and social control. His later works continued to pose critical, sometimes controversial questionz providing new and provocative insights into the complex social issues involved in the development and diffusion of sporting activity. The geographical horizons of his work now cover the globe ashe has influenced and supported a whole new generation of scholars. Professor Mangan has mentored - and continues to mentor - numerous young scholars intenationally, simultaneously developing and maintaining high quality channels through which to disseminate sport history research. Sport historians are in his debt for his vision and accomplishments.

Table of Contents

Editing with

The International Journal of the History of Sport

An Ever-widening Sphere: J. A. Mangan's Contributions to an Increasingly 'Global' History of Sport

Direct and Indirect Influence: J. A. Mangan and the Victorian Middle Classes: Major Revisionist in the History of Sport

Pathfinding and Pathmaking : J. A. Mangan and Imperialism, Education and Socialization

Pointing the Way - Antipodean Responses to J. A Mangan's Athleticism and Related Studies: Scotch College, Melbourne, in the Inter-war Years

Sport and Gender: J. A. Mangan, Pioneer of Both Projects and Publications

Sport, Society and Militarism - In Pursuit of the Democratic Soldier: J. A. Mangan's Exploration of Militarism

Sport in the Global Society: Shaping the Domain of Sport Studies

J. A. Mangan: Innovating Down South American Way

East Meets West and West Meets East: Celebrating The International Journal of the History of Sport

Sensitive Supervision: Student Appreciations

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