The Games Ethic and Imperialism: Aspects of the Diffusion of an IdealThis is more than a description of the imperial spread of public school games: it considers hegemony and patronage, ideals and idealism, educational values and aspirations, cultural assimilation and adaptation and the dissemination of the moralistic ideology of athleticism. |
Contents
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Introduction | 17 |
1 Publicists Propagandists and Proselytizers Ideals of Empire for Public Schoolboys | 21 |
2 Concepts of Duty and Prospects of Adventure Images of Empire for Public Schoolboys | 44 |
3 Manly Chaps in Control Blues and Blacks in the Sudan | 71 |
4 Gentlemen Galore Athleticism and Atheism in Tropical Africa | 101 |
5 Eton in India The Careful Creation of Oriental Englishmen | 122 |
6 Discipline in the Dominion The Canuck and the Cult of Manliness | 142 |
7 Christ and the Imperial Games Fields Evangelical Athletes of the Empire | 168 |
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Notes to Chapters | 196 |
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