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Sport in a Capitalist Society.

Why are the Olympic Games the driving force behind a clampdown on civil liberties? What makes sport an unwavering ally of nationalism and militarism? Is sport the new opiate of the masses?These and many other questions are answered in this new radical history of sport by leading historian of sport a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Collins, Tony
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover; SPORT IN CAPITALIST SOCIETY; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1 Capitalism and the birth of modern sport; 2 Class conflict and the decline of traditional games; 3 Sport, nationalism and the French Revolution; 4 The middle-class invention of amateurism; 5 Women and the masculine kingdom of sport; 6 The Victorian sporting industrial revolution; 7 Sport and the age of empire; 8 Unfair play: the racial politics of sport; 9 Soccer's rise to globalism; 10 The second revolution: sport between the world wars; 11 Revolutionary sport 
505 8 |a 12 Sex, drugs and sport in the Cold War13 Taking sides in the 1960s; 14 The revolution is being televised; 15 Winners and losers: sport in the New World Order; Conclusion: what future for sport?; Notes; Bibliography; Index 
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