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Title Statement Reformers, sport, modernizers : middle-class revolutionaries
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A record of the role of selected middle-class individuals across Europe who made notable contributions to the early evolution of modern sport and who saw success in modern sport as an expression of human qualities to be admired, applauded and encouraged. They viewed sport, sometimes self-interestedly but not always self-interestedly, as a medium of personal, collective and national virtue. It is the first general consideration of a selection of these innovatory pioneers and proselytisers who placed Europe at the forefront of major developments in contemporary world sport - now a phenomenon of global significance.
List of Illustrations p. vii List of Tables p. viii Preface p. ix Prologue: Middle-Class 'Revolutionaries' in Pursuit of Moral, Physical, Political and Social Health p. 1 The Living Legacy: Classical Sport and Nineteenth-Century Middle-Class Commentators of the German-Speaking Nations p. 9 A Tranquil Transformation: Middle-Class Racing 'Revolutionaries' in Nineteenth-Century England p. 35 Unrecognized Middle-Class Revolutionary? Michael Cusack, Sport and Cultural Change in Nineteenth-Century Ireland p. 58 Missing Middle-Class Dimensions: Elementary Schools, Imperialism and Athleticism p. 73 Mostly Middle-Class Cycling Heroes: The Fin de Siecle Commercial Obsession with Speed, Distance and Records p. 91 'Golden Boys' of Playing Field and Battlefield: Celebrating Heroes--'Lost' Middle-Class Women Versifiers of the Great War p. 134 Modernizing Bulgaria: Todor Yonchev--Middle-Class Patriot and the Assertion of a Nation p. 162 Radical Conservatives: Middle-Class Masculinity, the Shikar Club and Big Game-Hunting p. 185 A Dark 'Prince' of Denmark: Niels Bukh, Twentieth-Century Middle-Class Propagandist p. 210 The Apostle of Italian Sport: Angelo Mosso and English Athleticism in Italy p. 230 Epilogue: The History of Modern European Sport as a History of Modern European Ideas p. 253 Notes on Contributors p. 257 Abstracts p. 260 Select Bibliography p. 265 Index p. 273