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Globalizing Sport / Barbara J. Keys.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Harvard Historical Studies ; 152Publisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2006Description: 1 online resource : 12 halftonesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674725706
  • 9780674726635
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.4/83 22
LOC classification:
  • GV706.34 .K48 2006 (E-book)
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Sport, the State, and International Politics -- 2. The Rise of International Sports Organizations -- 3. Democracy and International Sport: The United States -- 4. "Americanizing" the Olympic Games: Los Angeles, 1932 -- 5. Dictatorship and International Sport: Nazi Germany -- 6. Between Nazism and Olympism: Berlin, 1936 -- 7. The Soviet Union and the Triumph of Soccer -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations Used in the Notes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: In this impressive book, Barbara Keys offers the first major study of the political and cultural ramifications of international sports competitions in the decades before World War II. Focusing on the United States, Nazi Germany, and the Soviet Union, she examines the transformation of events like the Olympic Games and the World Cup from relatively small-scale events to the expensive, political, globally popular extravaganzas familiar to us today.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674726635

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Sport, the State, and International Politics -- 2. The Rise of International Sports Organizations -- 3. Democracy and International Sport: The United States -- 4. "Americanizing" the Olympic Games: Los Angeles, 1932 -- 5. Dictatorship and International Sport: Nazi Germany -- 6. Between Nazism and Olympism: Berlin, 1936 -- 7. The Soviet Union and the Triumph of Soccer -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations Used in the Notes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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In this impressive book, Barbara Keys offers the first major study of the political and cultural ramifications of international sports competitions in the decades before World War II. Focusing on the United States, Nazi Germany, and the Soviet Union, she examines the transformation of events like the Olympic Games and the World Cup from relatively small-scale events to the expensive, political, globally popular extravaganzas familiar to us today.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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