J.A. Mangan

This book is more than a description of the imperial spread of public school games: it is a consideration of hegemony and patronage, ideals and idealism, educational values and aspirations, cultural assimilation and adaptation, and perhaps most fascinating of all, the dissemination throughout the empire of the hugely influential moralistic ideology athleticism. The author's purpose is to capture some of...

The Games Ethic and Imperialism 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.