A Sport-Loving Society

Introduction, J.A. Mangan; Prologue: setting the scene, Mike Huggins; Part 1 Sport and schools; Chapter 1 The other side of the coin, J.A. Mangan, Callum McKenzie; Chapter 2 English elementary education revisited and revised, J.A. Mangan, Colm Hickey; Part 2 Sport, universities and colleges; Chapter 3 'Oars and the man', J.A. Mangan; Chapter 4 Athleticism in the service of the proletariat, J.A. Mangan, Colm Hickey; Part 3 Sport and emancipation; Chapter 5 The social construction of Victorian femininity, J. A. Mangan; Chapter 6 The "lady blue', Kathleen E. McCrone; Part 4 Sport and religion; Chapter 7 Sport and the Victorian Sunday, John Lowerson; Chapter 8 To pray or to play?, J. Baker William; Part 5 Sport and recreation; Chapter 9 Culture, class and respectability, Mike Huggins; Chapter 10 Of pride and prejudice, Eric Halladay; Part 6 VI Sport, war and diplomacy; Chapter 11 'No business of ours'?, Martin Polley; Chapter 12 Sportsmen and the deadly game, Derek Birley; Epilogue: rounding things off, John Lowerson; Index;