Tony Mason, Eliza Riedi

Sport and the Military

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A fascinating insight into the history of organised sport from the Victorian army and navy to the National Service years.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780521877145
• ISBN-10: 0521877148
• Artikelnr.: 31892441

Autorenporträt

Tony Mason is Professor Emeritus at the International Centre for Sport History and Culture at De Montfort University, Leicester.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The growth of service sport, 1880-1914
2. Officer sports and their critics, 1880-1914
3. Sport in the great war
4. The amateur era, 1919-39
5. Soldiers, sailors and civilians
6. A different kind of war
7. The National Service years: the summit of military sport?
Conclusion.