The Trouser People
A Quest for the Victorian Footballer Who Made Burma Play the Empire's Game
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2003
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Penguin Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-14-029445-3 (ISBN)
Penguin Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-14-029445-3 (ISBN)
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In this two-fold journey Andrew Marshall travels through Burma on the trail of the eccentric Victorian adventurer, Sir George Scott. Born in 1851, Scott was an imperialist with a fondness for football; he introduced the sport to the people and widened the goalposts of the British Empire.
This text presents a journey through Burma in two respects - a journey through history with Andrew Marshall travelling Burma in the present day but also visting the Burma of the last century. Sir George Scott, an eccentric Victorian adventurer, inspired Marshall to visit Burma. He spent weeks deciphering Scott's diaries and found himself on an oddly obessive quest to rescue this singular man from historical obscurity. Born in 1851, the year of the Great Exhibition, Scott was an imperialist with a fondness for pith helments and football - he introduced the sport to Burma and widened the goalposts of the British Empire in his own peculiar way. The Burmese love the game, Scott noted, because it's just like fighting. All through Burma he was a local legend, he reported for the London Evening Standard on matters royal and military and negotiated jungle paths.
This text presents a journey through Burma in two respects - a journey through history with Andrew Marshall travelling Burma in the present day but also visting the Burma of the last century. Sir George Scott, an eccentric Victorian adventurer, inspired Marshall to visit Burma. He spent weeks deciphering Scott's diaries and found himself on an oddly obessive quest to rescue this singular man from historical obscurity. Born in 1851, the year of the Great Exhibition, Scott was an imperialist with a fondness for pith helments and football - he introduced the sport to Burma and widened the goalposts of the British Empire in his own peculiar way. The Burmese love the game, Scott noted, because it's just like fighting. All through Burma he was a local legend, he reported for the London Evening Standard on matters royal and military and negotiated jungle paths.
Andrew Marshall is a journalist who has lived and worked in Asia for 10 years. Recently, he has been exploring Asia's remotest regions for various newspapers and magazines, including Esquire, Arena, The Times Magazine, The South China Morning Post and The Sydney Morning Herald. He lives in Bangkok.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.1.2003 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 16pp illustrations, maps, bibliography, index |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 252 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Fußball | |
| Reisen ► Bildbände ► Asien | |
| Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Asien | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-14-029445-7 / 0140294457 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-14-029445-3 / 9780140294453 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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