Europe, Sport, World: Shaping Global Societies / Edition 1

by J. A. Mangan

Overview

The sports of Europe and the United States were imitated and assimilated and became symbols of national and cosmopolitan identity. This work examines the national and international importance of sport and its role in shaping post-millennium global culture.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714651477
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/01/2001
Series:	Sport in the Global Society
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

J.A. Mangan, Boria Majumdar

Table of Contents

Prologue - imperialism, sport, globalization, J.A. Mangan; reconstructing the Fatherland - German Turnen in southern Brazil in the 19th and 20th centuries, Leoman Tesche and Artur Blasio Rambo; educators, imitators, modernizers - the arrival and spread of modern sport in Japan, Allen Guttman and Lee Thompson; Confucianism, imperialism, nationalism - modern sport in Singapore, J.A. Mangan and Nam-Gil Ha; complex Creolization - the evolution of modern sport in Singapore, Peter A. Horton; globalization, the Games ethic and imperialism - further aspects of the diffusion of an ideal, J.A.Mangan and Colm Hickey; linesmen, referees and arbitrators - politics, modernization and soccer in Palestine, Amir Ben Porat; charging Amazons and fair invaders: the Dick Kerr's ladies soccer tour of North America of 1922 - sowing seed, Ali Melling; the Soviet protege - Cuba, modern sport and Communist comrades, Bob Chappell; from East to West: the way of the master - Oriental martial arts and modern European culture, Hans Bonde; the new scramble for Africa - the African football labour migration to Europe, Paul Darby; more than Matches of the Century for world footballing honours - Englan versus Italy, 1933, 1934 and 1939, Peter J. Beck.

Editorial Reviews

As European imperialism expanded across the glove, European sports were imported alongside the more commonly studied phenomena of politics, goods, ideas, and customs. Mangan (sport, socialization, and society, U. of Strathclyde, Glasgow) gathers 11 contributions that look at sports in the context of the first phase of globalization (i.e. the rise of the European empires). Topics include the spread of modern sport in Japan, interactions between sports and political ideology in Korea, Asian martial arts in Europe, and the migration of African soccer players to Europe. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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