The contributors to this volume examine the aspects of the cultural associations, symbolic interpretations and emotional significance of the idea of empire and, to some extent, with the post-imperial consequences. Collectively and cumulatively, their view is that sport was an important instrument of imperial cultural association and subsequent cultural change, promoting at various times and in various places imperial unity, national identity, social reform, recreational development and post-imperial goodwill.
| ISBN: | 9780714633985 |
| Publication date: | 31st December 1993 |
| Author: | J.A. Mangan |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 260 pages |
| Series: | Sport in the Global Society |
| Genres: |
Sports Anthropology Colonialism and imperialism Cultural studies |