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Benefits Bestowed? (RLE Edu H)
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 115.00This volume concentrates on the processes and practices of formal education, which shaped, and were shaped by, imperial values, attitudes and behaviour. It is concerned with: The myths and visions of imperialism; The nature and extent of ethnocentric attitudes, declared and undeclared; The use of education as a means of disseminating... more...
Making Imperial Mentalities (RLE Edu H)
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 115.00This book discusses the way in which those born into the British empire were persuaded to accept it, often with enthusiasm. The study compares the perceptions of people at ?home?, in the dominions and in the colonies. Across the diversity of imperial territories it explores themes such as the diverse nature of political socialisation, the various... more...
The Imperial Curriculum (RLE Edu H)
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 115.00This volume presents the first comparative analysis of racial attitudes in the formal schooling of both Britain and its former dominions and colonies. The various contributions examine the issue right across the British imperial experience ? with case studies ranging from Canada, Ireland, East and South Africa, through the Indian subcontinent to Australia... more...
Athleticism in the Victorian and Edwardian Public School
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 61.96Games obsessed the Victorian and Edwardian public schools. The obsession has become widely known as athleticism. When it appeared in 1981, this book was the first major study of the games ethos which dominated the lives of many Victorian and Edwardian public schoolboys. Written with Professor Mangan's customary panache, it has become a classic, the... more...
Sport Loving Society
Frank Cass 2004; US$ 60.95The interest in sports studies around the world is growing and will continue to do so. This unique series combines aspects of the expanding study of sport in the global society, providing comprehensiveness and comparison under one editorial umbrella. It is particularly timely, with studies in the aesthetic elements of sport proliferating in institutions... more...
Disreputable Pleasures
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 63.95Many historians have claimed that respectability was the sharpest line of social division in Victorian society, even that the line between the 'respectable' and 'unrespectable' was more significant than between rich and poor. This irreverent and revisionist collection argues that they have over-polarised Victorian attitudes and challenges the conventional... more...
Cricketing Cultures in Conflict
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 63.95The 2003 World Cup was of vital importance to the participating countries. For India, a world cup triumph would make cricket the nation's leading industry; for the host, South Africa, a successful campaign might realize its dream of political unity. Dealing with themes of racial/political unification, commercialization, the media and globalisation,... more...
Sport in Australasian Society
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 58.95As Sydney prepares to host the 2000 Olympic games, this study assesses the cultural impact of sport on the Australasian countries. Here, as in other parts of the world, sport is taken as an assertion of both individual and group identity, a demonstration of modernity and a source of personal, local and regional esteem. This collection explores the... more...
Subject Knowledge
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 53.95School knowledge has been a subject for historians, notably in the field of history of education. concentrating on the educational aspects of particular historical periods, however, links with contemporary education have often remained undeveloped.; This text attempts to account for the growth of increased interest by sociologists and others in school... more...
Cyber Spaces/Social Spaces
Palgrave Macmillan 2002; US$ 39.00What happens when a new social technology is imposed on the established social technology of the school? This book presents an unusual application of critical cultural analysis to a series of empirical case studies of educational uses of information and communication technologies (ICTs). Drawing on research conducted over a ten-year period in three... more...
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