Playing Tough : The World of Sports and Politics /
A history of the interplay of sports and politics around the world.
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Boston :
Northeastern University Press,
[2013]
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Sports and politics
- Early baseball and the urban political machine
- The Nazi Olympic triumph
- The war of the world : Joe Louis v. Max Schmeling
- The "futbol war" of Central America
- Muhammad Ali and the symbols of politics
- Olympic boycotts and international relations
- Sports and South African liberation
- Hardball in city hall : public financing of sports stadiums
- Conclusion.