Tag: Andy Carter

Public school education in the second half of the nineteenth century was completely dominated by classics and sport. Rejecting the view that these were competing strands resulting in friction between aesthetic scholars and athletic philistines, in Games, Greek and Pluck: Classicism, Masculinity, Elite Education and British Sport, 1850–1914 (Peter Lang) Andy Carter shows how classicism and athleticism were closely entwined. As usual, our reviewer Hans Bolling offers enlightening reflections and comparisons related to the work under review, concluding that Carter has produced an excellent book.

Sport in History encourages the study of sport to illuminate broader historical issues and debates. Includes an extensive reviews section, an annual compendium of sports-related accessions to British archives and a 'Sport in Public History' section. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: ‘A history of transgender women in Australian Sports, 1976–2017 by Noah Riseman.

Sport in History encourages the study of sport to illuminate broader historical issues and debates. Includes an extensive reviews section, an annual compendium of sports-related accessions to British archives and a 'Sport in Public History' section. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: ‘Vodka and caviar among friends’ – Lord David Burghley and the Soviet Union’s entry into the International Association of Athletic Federations by Jörg Krieger & Austin Duckworth.