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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813370203321

Autore

Keys Barbara J

Titolo

Globalizing sport : national rivalry and international community in the 1930s / / Barbara J. Keys

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : Harvard University Press, , 2006

ISBN

0-674-72663-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Collana

Harvard historical studies ; ; 152

Disciplina

306.4/83

Soggetti

Nationalism and sportraits

Sports and globalization

Sports - History - 20th century

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 (pages 257-261) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- 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

Sommario/riassunto

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.