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UNINA9910452937403321 |
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Autore |
Collins Tony <1961-, > |
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Titolo |
Sport in capitalist society : a short history / / Tony Collins |
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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0-203-06811-4 |
1-299-46906-X |
1-135-08199-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (187 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Sports - Political aspects |
Sports - Economic aspects |
Sports and state |
Capitalism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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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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 and society, Professor Tony Collins.Tracing |
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the history of modern sport from its origins in the burgeoning capitalist economy of mid-eighteenth century England to the globalised corporate sport of today, the book argues that, far from the pu |
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UNINA9911078014003321 |
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To modify and amend the mining laws of Alaska. January 27, 1925. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Washington, DC : , : [publisher not identified], , 1925 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (2 pages) |
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Collana |
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House report / 68th Congress, 2nd session. House ; ; no. 1289 |
[United States congressional serial set] ; ; [serial set no. 8390] |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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RobsionJohn Marshall <1873-1948> (Republican (KY)) |
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Legislative amendments |
Mines and mineral resources |
Mining claims |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Batch processed record: Metadata reviewed, not verified. Some fields updated by batch processes. |
FDLP item number not assigned. |
Electronic resource. |
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