Sport in Asian Society : Past and Present.

By: Hong, FanContributor(s): Mangan, J. AMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Sport in the Global Society SerPublisher: London : Routledge, 2002Copyright date: ©2002Description: 1 online resource (366 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203497425Subject(s): Sports - Social aspects - AsiaGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sport in Asian Society : Past and PresentDDC classification: 796/.095 LOC classification: 2002151405Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
BookCover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Foreword -- Series Editor's Foreword -- PROLOGUE Asian Sport: From the Recent Past -- 1 Imperial Origins: Christian Manliness, Moral Imperatives and Pre-Sri Lankan Playing Fields-Beginnings1 -- 2 Imperial Origins: Christian Manliness, Moral Imperatives and Pre-Sri Lankan Playing Fields-Consolidation -- 3 Celestials in Touch: Sport and the Chinese in Colonial Singapore -- 4 'Sportsmanship'-English Inspiration and Japanese Response: F.W.Strange and Chiyosaburo Takeda -- 5 'Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds': Sport and Society in Colonial Malaya -- 6 Cricket in Colonial India: The Bombay Pentangular, 1892-1946 -- 7 Sport in China: Conflict between Tradition and Modernity, 1840s to 1930s -- 8 Ideology, Politics, Power: Korean Sport-Transformation, 1945-92 -- 9 Shackling the Lion: Sport in Independent Singapore -- 10 The Juggernaut of Globalization: Sport and Modernization in Iran -- 11 Pancasila: Sport and the Building of Indonesia-Ambitions and Obstacles -- 12 Communist China: Sport, Politics and Diplomacy1 -- 13 The Road to Modernization: Sport in Taiwan1 -- 14 Sport in Modern India: Policies, Practices and Problems -- 15 From Iran to All of Asia: The Origin and Diffusion of Polo -- EPILOGUE Into the Future: Asian Sport and Globalization -- Select Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.
Summary: First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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BookCover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Foreword -- Series Editor's Foreword -- PROLOGUE Asian Sport: From the Recent Past -- 1 Imperial Origins: Christian Manliness, Moral Imperatives and Pre-Sri Lankan Playing Fields-Beginnings1 -- 2 Imperial Origins: Christian Manliness, Moral Imperatives and Pre-Sri Lankan Playing Fields-Consolidation -- 3 Celestials in Touch: Sport and the Chinese in Colonial Singapore -- 4 'Sportsmanship'-English Inspiration and Japanese Response: F.W.Strange and Chiyosaburo Takeda -- 5 'Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds': Sport and Society in Colonial Malaya -- 6 Cricket in Colonial India: The Bombay Pentangular, 1892-1946 -- 7 Sport in China: Conflict between Tradition and Modernity, 1840s to 1930s -- 8 Ideology, Politics, Power: Korean Sport-Transformation, 1945-92 -- 9 Shackling the Lion: Sport in Independent Singapore -- 10 The Juggernaut of Globalization: Sport and Modernization in Iran -- 11 Pancasila: Sport and the Building of Indonesia-Ambitions and Obstacles -- 12 Communist China: Sport, Politics and Diplomacy1 -- 13 The Road to Modernization: Sport in Taiwan1 -- 14 Sport in Modern India: Policies, Practices and Problems -- 15 From Iran to All of Asia: The Origin and Diffusion of Polo -- EPILOGUE Into the Future: Asian Sport and Globalization -- Select Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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