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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809579303321

Autore

Sotomayor Antonio

Titolo

The sovereign colony : Olympic sport, national identity, and international politics in Puerto Rico / / Antonio Sotomayor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, England ; ; London, England : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8032-8540-X

0-8032-8538-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (325 p.)

Classificazione

HIS024000POL031000SPO058000

Disciplina

796.48

Soggetti

Olympics - Participation, Puerto Rican

Olympics - Political aspects - Puerto Rico

Nationalism and sports - Puerto Rico

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Contents ; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Sport in Imperial Exchanges; 2. The Rise of a Colonial Olympic Movement, 1930s; 3. Legitimizing Colonial Olympismin a Colonial Nation, 1940s; 4. The Commonwealth and the Search for Colonial Sovereignty through Olympism; 5. A Cold War Playing Field inthe 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games; 6. The Eternal Overtime?; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"An examination of the development of the Olympic movement in Puerto Rico in the context of national and political identity"--