The battle of water loo was on the playing field of Eton. Explain this statement
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The above statement reveals that the British thought the real reason for winning the wars was the superior character of the young men built by playing outdoor fames in the boarding schools Eton was one of the famous English boarding schools ,it saw team sports like cricket not just as outdoor play, but as an organised way of teaching English boys, the discipline, the importance of hierarchy, the skills, the codes of honour and the leadership qualities that helped them build and run the British Empire. The englishmen beleived that it was the superior character of its young men built on playing fields that helped the English to become victorious in the battlefield of Waterloo. But, the Napoleanic wars were won due to the economic resources of England.
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The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton
(i) The British were given to believe the real reason which tipped the balance in their favour in wars was the superior character of its young men built in boarding schools while playing games like cricket.
(ii) Eton was one of the famous English boarding schools that trained English boys for careers in the military, civil service and the church.
(iii) Famous public schools saw team sports like cricket not just as outdoor play, but as an organised way of teaching English boys, the discipline, the importance of hierarchy, the skills, the codes of honour and the leadership qualities that helped them build and run the British Empire.
(iv) Through the game of cricket-the ideal that cricket was played not for victory or profit but for its own sake, in the spirit of fair play, the British imperialists sought to justify their conquests and glorify the self image of English elite as "unselfish acts".
(v) Though it suited the English ruling class to believe that it was the superior character of its young men built on playing fields that the tipped the balance, the Napoleanic wars were won due to the economic resources of England. It was progress in trade and industry which made England, the world's greatest power.
(i) The British were given to believe the real reason which tipped the balance in their favour in wars was the superior character of its young men built in boarding schools while playing games like cricket.
(ii) Eton was one of the famous English boarding schools that trained English boys for careers in the military, civil service and the church.
(iii) Famous public schools saw team sports like cricket not just as outdoor play, but as an organised way of teaching English boys, the discipline, the importance of hierarchy, the skills, the codes of honour and the leadership qualities that helped them build and run the British Empire.
(iv) Through the game of cricket-the ideal that cricket was played not for victory or profit but for its own sake, in the spirit of fair play, the British imperialists sought to justify their conquests and glorify the self image of English elite as "unselfish acts".
(v) Though it suited the English ruling class to believe that it was the superior character of its young men built on playing fields that the tipped the balance, the Napoleanic wars were won due to the economic resources of England. It was progress in trade and industry which made England, the world's greatest power.
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